A few years back, Laura Martinez Perez picked up a violin for the first time and joined a group of aspiring young musicians banded together at Santa Rosa’s Luther Burbank Center for the Arts learning to play mariachi music.
Joe Rosato Jr. is an Emmy Award-winning video-journalist and field producer for NBC Bay Area News. With a focus on local stories in the San Francisco Bay Area, Joe covers a wide range of topics including community events, cultural phenomena, environmental issues, and human interest stories. In addition to his work in journalism, Joe is also a musician, songwriter, and Vespa rider.