Martha Gonzalez is a Chicana artivista (artist/activist) musician, feminist music theorist and Assistant Professor in the Intercollegiate Department of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies at Scripps/Claremont College. A Fulbright (2007-2008) and Ford Fellow (2012-2013) her academic interest in music has been fueled by her own musicianship as a singer/songwriter and percussionist for Grammy Award winning band Quetzal. Quetzal has made considerable impact in the Los Angeles Chicano music scene. The relevance of Quetzal’s music and poetic lyrics have been noted in a range of publications, from dissertations to scholarly books. Most recently, and as a testament to the body of work and music/community work, in the summer of 2014 Gonzalez’s tarima (stomp box) and zapateado shoes were inducted into the National Museum of American History. Gonzalez is currently working on her first manuscript titled, Chicana Artivistas: East Los Angeles Trenches Transborder Tactics.