Sam and Jonathan Nunez were obviously excited.

Once we’d said our good mornings and shook hands over a table at Mother’s Restaurant in Aurora, the two brothers couldn’t wait to share news from an Aurora University professor they had run into while waiting for me to show up for this interview.

AU started its own mariachi band this fall, which will make a public debut at the Cultural Fest for the university’s homecoming on Oct. 10. And that’s a big deal because these Mexican folk bands are usually made up of older men. The fact there is now one at the university, they both insisted, is a big deal, indeed.

The Nunez brothers know something about making history themselves.

At age 33, Sam – the more quiet one who prefers working behind the scenes – is in his second term as an Aurora Townshi

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