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Welcome to Episode 5 of Trailblazers: Meet The Creatives. Today, I’d like to introduce you Ana B. A Honduran Photographer full of dreams and eclectic energy, determined to leave her mark in the world. Ana was the last to register to my workshop but one of the first ones to arrived and since then have kept in touch with me ... Read More »

Mi Gente! Welcome to another episode of Trailblazers: Meet The Creatives. Vanessa Peters is a visual artist of Puerto Rican descent who was one of the attendees of the Business of Art workshop. Before the workshop, we’ve met while attending a Proud to be Latina back in September. We connected immediately not just as art lovers but also as Buddhist ... Read More »

We continue strong with another episode of Trailblazers: Meet the Creatives. Today, you will meet Santiago Canario, the Clothing Designer. Santiago showed up to my workshop this past November focused, with his dream project in mind, halfway developed and a duffle bag filled with some of his paintings, poems, and samples of his clothing brand. He took notes, asked questions, ... Read More »

On today’s episode of  Trailblazers: Meet The Creatives,  I interviewed Ivette Urena, one of the Visual Artists that attended my workshop this past November. I am excited to announce that at the end of this month she will be fulfilling part of her dreamed project by having a semi-solo exhibition. More details at the end of the interview. Tell us about ... Read More »

  This past November I facilitated a workshop at WordUp bookstore in Washington Heights, sponsored by the New York City Latina Writers Group: The Business of Art Workshop. I have been the Program Director of the organization and this was my last year in the said position.  While creating this year programming, its founder, Alicia Anabel Santos,  encouraged me to be ... Read More »

Last night, I had the opportunity to attend the play “Unos Cuantos Piquetitos” (A Few Small Snips) by Laila Ripoli and directed by Gemma Ibarra as part of Teatrica’s Fall Season. As the play begins, we meet “El” (he) – interpreted by Venezuelan actor Cesar Augusto Cova-who begins his courtship of “Ella” (She) – interpreted by Spaniard Gemma Ibarra- by ... Read More »

Mi Gente! For the past seven months, I have been working non-stop as the Public Relations Manager of the  Queens Hip-Hop Festival alongside its creator and founder Ashely Dean, Peter Lemonier, Josh Matos, Andrew Saliski, Adjani Reed, Dj RayBlk, Dj Zeeti and Juels: the team.  It has been a wonderful opportunity and great honor to work with this team, a group of talented and ... Read More »

I was introduced to Melanie Santos through a tag of her Instagram page @melalamode_ of her Moon rituals (now, If you follow me on IG you know how much spirituality plays a huge role in my life and that I practiced moon rituals). I clicked on her page, watched her full moon tutorial on YouTube, signed up for her newsletter and began ... Read More »

This week, I came across a social media post about an upcoming documentary on Hip Hop Journalism. Right away I felt the idea was brilliant and I had to support this endeavor. After watching the trailer, I reached out to the creator Syreeta Gates for an interview.  To my surprise, she not only accepted my invitation right away but I ... Read More »

The first time I came in contact with Armando “Tito” Tam was through my interview with César Vargas. Thank you, César, for the connect! This is the advantage of social media and the reason why it is so important to me to continue building connections through this platform by sharing the stories of these magnificent human beings who are making a ... Read More »