The mayor of Tías, José Juan Cruz, received the researcher from Texas, a descendant of a Lanzarote native born in Tías, Theresa Escobedo, at the municipal offices. Escobedo visited Lanzarote and other islands of the archipelago to complete her doctoral thesis within the Doctoral Program of the University of Houston.
Theresa Escobedo chose Tías as one of the main destinations for her research because her **ancestor Juan Cabrera** was born there in 1690. Juan Cabrera was one of the citizens of Tías who was part of the Canary Islands expedition that founded San Antonio, Texas in 1731.
José Juan Cruz welcomed Escobedo and **expressed interest in the family and historical ties** between the municipality of Tías and San Antonio, one of the most important and populous cities in the state of Texas.
The researcher is developing a doctoral thesis project that combines history and artistic creation. She chose different locations where she added a musical layer for a sound and video installation with the aim of achieving a meeting between the cultural and spiritual traditions of the area.
According to information provided by Escobedo, in her artistic work, which she will include in her doctoral thesis, the earth speaks through harmonic resonance, and the ancestral geographies of her ancestors converge through sound
In the Canary Islands, the research was carried out in Lanzarote and four other sacred sites due to their spiritual connection with their roots. There, she recorded the wind in a pentatonic scale with Aeolian harps. This journey began in Copano Bay, Texas, and has continued in the Canary Islands.
