Long Live Lafayette

Environmental Portraits and Audio Stories

3. Marilu (Barajas) Gonzales (with daughter Andrea)

Lafayette Student (1998-2013) and ChiArts High School Parent (2022-2026)

Interview Conducted: Tuesday, December 12th, 2023

Interviewers/Photographers/Editors: Maya Harrison, Kassandra Plata, Amani Manning and Mr. Lentz

Marilu Barajas Gonzales (left) with her friend Bernice Mendez (right) around Christmas time in the early 1990s.