Hello! I am Joaquin Salinas, a freelance artist that is currently based in Boulder, Colorado.
I’ve been an artist since I drew on the walls of my childhood home. Since then, my passion for it has grown alongside me, evolving into a form of personal expression.
Joaquin Alberto Salinas
A short documentary about my experience with the phenomenon of de facto segregation that was born out of the ethnic segregation imposed by the social cliques within the schools of Alamosa, Colorado.
An article I wrote for the independent Chicano publication, El Diario, about the United States’ first successful school desegregation cases, and the earliest known case to involve Mexican-Americans.
A multi-part photo series inspired by the album Gracias America Sin Fronteras by Los Tigres Del Notre
Published by Hindsight Journal - this is a creative non fiction story about the prejudice, self discovery, and radicalization I experienced at the age of eleven years old during the 2016 Presidential Election.