Gloria Golden

Gloria Golden was born in Brooklyn, New York. For twenty-three years she taught in the New York City elementary schools. Remnants of Crypto-Jews Among Hispanic Americans, her first book, was published by Floricanto Press in 2005. She interviewed eighty descendants of Jews from the Spanish Inquisition in New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. Sixty oral histories, accompanied by photographs, have been published in the book. Many descendants from Spain and Portugal continue to practice Jewish rituals, often without knowing their origin. Only those willing to reveal their stories could shed some light on how remnants of Judaism, however diluted, were brought forward into the twenty-first century. Based on her work, Gloria Golden exhibits and gives slide presentations across the United States.

Gloria Golden recently published Desaturated Soul. The book contains ninety-six photographs, accompanied by prose. Many of the images have been accepted in juried competitions, and several have gained special recognition. Most recently, High-Spirited, has been chosen for a traveling exhibit, curated by Jamie Lee Curtis, through the Texas Photographic Society.