Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua
The biography of an indigenous Nahua woman from Mexico who taught and preserved her people's culture through modeling for famous artists
She was Luz Jiménez,
child of the flower-song people,
the powerfu…
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