Carlos Espinosa Cansino is a Chicano activist originally from San Antonio, Texas who was elected president of the Los Duranes Community Improvement Association in the North Valley of Albuquerque. He served in the U.S. military and graduated from the University of Albuquerque with a degree in Education. He was involved with the American G.I. Forum, worked with Reies Lopez Tijerina and La Alianza Federal de las Mercedes, organized agricultural laborers in the Midwest and helped found the Chicano newspaper in Albuquerque, El Papel. In addition to his activism in New Mexico, Cansino lived, worked, and organized in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Texas. He died on March 18, 2011 in Albuquerque, NM.
From the guide to the Carlos Espinosa Cansino collection, 1966-2011 (bulk 1966-1970), (University of New Mexico. Center for Southwest Research.)
