Rolando Castellon was an artist, M.I.X Program Coordinator (1972-1975) and curator (1975-1980) at SFMOMA. He came to the United States from Nicaragua in 1956 after a soccer injury. After deciding to stay with his mother in San Francisco he began exploring SFMOMA and various other museums to help with his art. In 1969 he founded Galería de la Raza and was later invited by SFMOMA to work with the newly formed Museum Intercommunity Exchange Program (MIX) in 1972. During his time with the program, Castellon attempted to work with museum leadership to inform them of ethnic artists, helped the San Francisco community and local schoolchildren and created multimedia and community centered exhibitions. His last show with the museum was "The James Bay Project" in 1981. After leaving the museum he went on to work for a gallery in Santa Cruz and later transitioned to the Costa Rica Museum of Contemporary Art and Design. In this interview, Castellon discusses his arrival in the United States, visits to museums in San Francisco, being a self-taught artist, forming an art gallery co-op, position at SFMOMA, conflicts with the museum, quitting and returning, Henry Hopkins, being asked to leave SFMOMA, final exhibition, the role of the museum in the Bay Area, exhibitions during the MIX Program, discrimination, Yerba Buena Gardens, and his thoughts on SFMOMA in its 75th year.