Video: Cleofas Calleros: An El Paso Visionary | Only In El Paso by KCOS

Staff Report August 24, 2016

Cleofas Calleros was an El Paso Visionary, civic leader and passionate historian. He was an immigrant with dreams of becoming a citizen, seeking education and helping others. He not only fulfilled those dreams but sought out to help others just like him, do the same.

He devoted his life to working as a local historian trying to reclaim the Mexican-American history and was not only involved in many civic, religious, and business organizations and institutions defending Mexicans in Texas but was a founder of many philanthropic programs.

Directed & Edited by Jesús Núñez

Only In El Paso, launched in the summer of 2014 with 10 digital videos sharing stories of people and places you can experience only in El Paso. Each episode tells a unique and positive story about someone or something that can be experienced Only In El Paso.

Local filmmakers and topics are selected through a competitive process. Now in its third season, KCOS is excited to share even more stories of local history, culture, arts, and personalities of our region.

* The Architecture of Trost
* El Paso’s Star
* Mud People: The Tigua Tribe from the Pueblo of Ysleta del Sur
* What El Paso Means to Me
* El Paso Boots
* Jennifer Han

* Cleofas Calleros
* Korea in El Paso
* Fort Bliss History
* Matachines de San Lorenzo