After my home, Epiphany is the place that looms largest in my South El Monte life. It was […]

“I remember the Queen was beautiful, and the parade came down from Hicks Camp to Medina Court. The […]

Standing on the western edge of the city of South El Monte, where the shoe factories and shipping […]

The space occupied by Starlite Swap Meet, an ephemeral gathering place that facilitates sales and bartering in what […]

Nestled within communities on either side of El Monte, two vibrant works of public art commemorate the life […]

Between the fourth and sixth grades, you are seized by three deep and compulsive obsessions:             Marvel comic […]

“I was born in San Gabriel. […] There was no hospital in El Monte at the time.”[1] Here […]

This is the very first installment of our new series, East of East: Mapping Community Narratives in South El […]