SGV Tribune Op Ed: San Gabriel Valley Creation Myths & All This Rain
I came across a native creation myth while reading local history a few years back. The imagery and themes stuck with me and the recent round of rain gave me the perfect opportunity to share it with the local paper....
Big Brown Family on Magnolia Network
Last Fall, a producer from the Magnolia Network reached out to me because they came across this site and thought the Big Brown Fambam might have a story that would make sense for their program, Recipe Lost and Found. And sure enough, we delivered. Here's the preview...
SGV Tribune Op-Ed: In Defense of Participation Trophies
My op-ed on participation trophies recently ran in SCNG papers, including my hometown SGV Tribune and Pasadena Star News. https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2023/02/25/in-defense-of-participation-trophies/
BBD A Guest on SGV Master Key Podcast
This was an occasion to talk growing up in the hood, studying philosophy, making media and slanging coffee. Dive in. https://youtu.be/PBdFPQvunAk
ABOUT BIG BROWN DAD
Big Brown Dad is a comedic fatherhood blog written from the perspective of a Mexican-American dad living, loving and learning in Los Angeles’ San Gabriel Valley.
Big Brown Dad is Carlos Aguilar, a content strategist and cultural creative whose written and produced reality TV, travel, talk and award shows, documentaries, commercials, branded content platforms and social media campaigns. He’s worked with A&E, Fox, Lifetime, Hallmark, Telemundo, PBS, Sony, Wells Fargo, Honda, Steve Harvey, Mariah Carey, and Magic Johnson, to name a few.
Carlos has a BA from Occidental and an MA in the Philosophy of Religion & Ethics from Talbot School of Theology. As a hip hop artist known as Bookworm Brown, he’s performed across the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, China and Japan. He recently founded mestizo.coffee as means of exploring his passion for food, history and story telling. He’s Editorial Director at Quantasy, an agency in Los Angeles.
