Martha Gonzalez (musician)
Martha Gonzalez | |
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Gonzalez in 2022 | |
Born | 51–52 Los Angeles, California |
Citizenship | United States |
Education | Bachelor of Arts in Ethnomusicology Ph.D. in Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies |
Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles University of Washington |
Martha Gonzalez is a Chicana artist, activist, musician and feminist music theorist. She is an associate professor in the Intercollegiate Department of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies at Scripps College. She is also a lead singer, percussionist, and songwriter for the band Quetzal, which won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop, Rock or Album in 2013. In 2022, Gonzalez was named a MacArthur Fellow by the MacArthur Foundation.