Lucina Rodriguez

Lucina Rodriguez was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She came to California at the age of 11. She joined Los Cenzontles at the age of 15. She danced at social events and competed in several quebradita contests in the late 90’s. She learned the traditional folk style dances of Veracruz, Michoacan and Jalisco from folk master artists like Julian Gonzales and Atilano Lopez. She started playing guitar and jarana in her late teenage years because she wanted to write her own music. What she loves best about playing with Los Cenzontles is that the band plays so many different styles of music. Lucina also works for the Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center organization as a business manager in the morning and as a dance teacher in the afternoons.