About the Author

Alberto Lopez Pulido is a professor of ethnic studies at the University of San Diego and coordinator of the Logan Heights Documentation Project. He has taught at Arizona State University, Brown University, the University of California at Santa Barbara, the University of Utah and Michigan State University. Alberto directed and coproduced the documentary Everything Comes from the Streets on San Diego lowrider culture. The film received first place at the Barrio Film Festival and the Remi Award at the Houston International Film Festival.

Rigoberto (Rigo) Reyes has worked for Via International for the past thirty years, where he coordinates and implements community development projects and is responsible for developing and training leadership skills to people in marginal areas of the cities of Tijuana and San Diego. Rigo has been an active lowrider since 1975. He began as a member of the Casinos Car Club and then became a founding member and former president of Amigos Car Club. He is also cofounder of the San Diego Lowrider Council, established in 1979. In 2002, he coproduced the documentary Amigos Car Club for San Diego County TV and, in 2013, coproduced the award-winning documentary Everything Comes from the Streets. Rigo is a former board member of the Centro Cultural de la Raza in Balboa Park and currently serves as a board member of the Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center. He is currently a professor of practice at the University of San Diego, where he is teaching a course on immigration.