Reading Time: 7 minutes Patricia Vergara’s journey to Merced wasn’t the typical path most take to get here. Her musical odyssey began in her hometown of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, where by her early teens she was a professional musician. She came to the U.S. to pursue music at the Berklee College of Music, and has traveled across nations and continents, playing gigs. Vergara went on to earn a doctorate in ethnomusicology from University of Maryland…
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