For Mexican-born singer-songwriter Diana Gameros, music has always been a deeply personal endeavor, acting as both a lifeline and a retreat from the world’s complications. Her soulful, emotionally-charged music, recorded on her debut album Eterno Retorno, tells a journey of love, loss, and hope, rooted in her own coming-of-age story as an undocumented immigrant in America. “Music for me has always been an outlet,” Gameros tells KQED Arts, “a way to be on my own and be okay.” Born in Ciudad Juárez, Gameros spent most of her childhood in the border city, where over the last decade, the forces of globalization, cartel violence and government corruption have turned it into one most dangerous places on the planet. The realities of her birth city – where Gameros’ family still lives – inspire many of her songs, including her powerful, gut-wrenching “En Juarez,” captured by KQED Arts’ cameras at a recent performance at MACLA in San Jose. But Gameros’ American story has an innocence, involving a Michigan boy she fell in love with and wide-eyed dreams of becoming a professional musician. “That gave me all the drive to do whatever I had to do to be here,” says Gameros, who moved to Michigan and studied music for four years at Grand Rapids Community College. For more about Diana's story , go to: ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/12/10/diana-gameros-sings-the-immigrants-love-and-loss/ Video Produced by Kelly Whalen Hit that SUBSCRIBE button! www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=kqedart Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/kqedarts Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/KQEDarts

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