Name: Zoila Darton Age: 36 Homebase: Cali, but I’m a New Yorker forever Tu país: I rep Panama, Jamaica, New York and Eastern Europe. Describe your professional role(s): I’m the founder and creative director of WORD. We are an evolving creative studio dedicated to cultural storytelling that puts historically marginalized voices [...]
Name: Briana Mendez Age: 28 Homebase: Tampa, Florida Tu país: Puerto Rico Describe your professional role(s): Co-founder of La Nueva Link, Creative Strategist & Brand Partnerships What’s been your journey to your current profession? I’ll never forget those moments feeling seen in my bi-cultural identity as a Puerto Rican growing up in [...]
Name: Deborah “Deb” Renteria Age: 31 Homebase: Harlem, NY to Los Angeles, CA Tu país: Mexico Describe your professional role(s): Co-founder of La Nueva Link & Executive Director of Inclusive Creative and Marketing Strategy at Lionsgate What’s been your journey to your current profession? 3 words: Creativity, Healing, and Sacrifice. The moment [...]
“Soldaderas” is a collaboration and co-production between fashion designer Sabrina Olivera and dancer Camila Arroyo. Sabrina recently launched her fashion brand Sabrina Ol with a collection conceived as a homage to the Soldaderas, the women fighters of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Both creatives met soon after the launch and [...]
October 8 marks the launch of LUAR‘s new website and the debut of the Ana Bag, a small everyday leather bag with burgundy suede lining and a structured circular handle, in five colorways –– brown, black, blue croc, brown ostrich and iridescent. View this post on Instagram A post [...]
To celebrate Latinx Heritage Month this year, Ceremonia invited Latinx individuals to speak for themselves—to describe their identities in their own words, whether that means rejecting conventional, colonial terms or embracing them. With a mix of captivating studio portraits, interview footage, and raw iPhone content from Latinx folks, Ceremonia pieces [...]
Name: Ambar Velasco Age: 26 Home base: Los Angeles Tu país: Mexico/US What’s been your journey to becoming an illustrator? I’ve drawn since I was little but never considered pursuing it as a career until recently. I got my bachelor’s in Creative Writing, which I wasn’t very passionate about (it [...]
On My Block is a coming of age comedy about a group of bright and street-savvy friends navigating their way through high-school in the rough inner city. Season 4 finds the group of friends two years later, having gone their separate ways. When a secret is unburied, they quickly learn you [...]
Name: Gabriela Alemán aka Smug Morenita Age: 26 Home base: San Francisco’s Mission District Tu país: Nicaraguan-Salvadoran What’s been your journey to becoming an illustrator? I’m a self-taught artist. It’s been a journey of learning [through] making a lot of mistakes and always being open to learning [more]. Luckily, I’ve been able [...]
Name: Jennifer White-Johnson (formerly Jennifer White-Torres) Age: 40 Home base: I was born in Washington DC, grew up in Prince George’s County, MD, and I currently live in Baltimore, MD Tu país: Puertorriqueña-African American My mother was born and raised in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She moved to Washington DC, where she met [...]