About me
L. Stephen Velasquez is a Curator for the Division of Home and Community Life, at the National Museum of American History. He was co-curator for the exhibitions Food: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000 and the exhibit, Many Voices, One Nation as well as the newly opened Entertainment Nation. He is currently involved in a research project on Mexican vineyard workers in Napa and an upcoming exhibit on lowrider car culture. Past projects include the Bracero Oral History Project and associated traveling exhibit, Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program 1942-196; the exhibit Mexican Treasures at the Smithsonian; as well as AZUCAR! The Life and Music of Celia Cruz; A Collector’s Vision of Puerto Rico; and Julia Child’s Kitchen at the Smithsonian, as well as many other projects. He holds a master’s degree in Anthropology from George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri.
