Q&A: David Dorado Romo’s new book brings borderlands history to readers of various ages - El Paso Matters

Q&A: David Dorado Romo’s new book brings borderlands history to readers of various ages - El Paso Matters

El Paso historian and author David Dorado Romo believes geography is destiny. He was born in California but was raised in the borderland, where he attended South Central El Paso schools. The El Paso-Juárez region has played a huge role in his research and writing, he said. “In Nahuatl, an ancestral language that has its origins on both sides of the border, the word for ‘Indigenous’ is nican tlacatl. It means ‘a person (from) here.’” Romo said. “…