Dec 10, 2020
In this podcast, Rodrigo picks up
where he left off in Part 1. He came back to the
Mission to go to middle school at Horace Mann, where he met many of
his lifelong friends. He ended up at Lowell High School near Lake
Merced and temporarily lost touch with those friends.
From there, Rodrigo went to San
Diego for college. He explains the influence on his life that came
from Carlos Aceituno, a capoeira teacher he met at Mission Cultural Center,
and how that affected his decision to go to UCSD. That move led to
Rodrigo's time in Brazil, which he talks about extensively in this
episode.
He ends this podcast with his return
to The City and his involvement with Calle 24 and San Francisco's
Carnaval and starting his latest project, Real
City Ambassadors.
We recorded this podcast at the
offices of Calle 24 Latino
Cultural District in November 2020.
Photography by Michelle Kilfeather