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Twenty-seven years later, through research and reconnection, she finally uncovered the full story.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Producer&#8217;s Bio:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nina-Grace Montes is an undergraduate student at the University of Oregon. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Journalism at the School of Journalism and Communications with a minor of Latinx Studies. Her focus is on print and multimedia storytelling. Through this course and her time in the SOJC, she\u2019s been able to tell powerful stories through research. Her overall goal with this film was to find her family\u2019s roots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: Chasing Our Origins by Nina-Grace Montes Raised in a single-parent household, Tracy Montes often wondered about the role her absent father played in her life. Manuel Montes, born in Havana, Cuba, in 1952, came to the United States with his parents when he was eight years old. 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