Edgar+Montejano

The name: Edgar Montejano. Hometown: Dinuba, CA (approx. 45 mi. southeast of Fresno) Age: 24 Languages: English and Español

So I created my own profile because there was none J I was born and raised in the Central Valley and love it; I’m approximately as far away from the snow as I am to the beach. Unfortunately, I seldom do either since my time is occupied with school and work. Both my parents were born in central Mexico and arrived in Dinuba in 1982, although my father had roamed the U.S. years earlier working in agriculture. During my Junior year of high school, I fell in love with the accordion based Mexican music genre, known as Norteño (pronounced ‘nortenyo’), that evolved from German polka, and it has since been my preference in music, which is ironic because it is in the Spanish language. I also play a little accordion.

I decided to major in English because I enjoyed writing literary analysis and research essays, although this wasn’t felt until after I had written them (I didn’t enjoy the time consumption, efforts, and deadlines, but the actual learning gained through the process). I wasn’t raised in a culture of reading and vocabulary, though education was prioritized by my mother as means to assimilate and succeed, so getting through my B.A. in English was quite the challenge. Oh, and I’m very shy (a condition I have failed to break, but working on it)!

Created and Approved by Edgar M (Garrett, feel free to highlight whatever portion formed part of our conversation)