Selected Writing

articles

Hyperallergic

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• The Fascinating Lives of Vincent van Gogh’s Three Sisters

• “We Are Advocating for Us”: A New Book Centers BIPOC Artists and Educators

• Esther Pearl Watson Channels Strange Pandemic Life in 100 Paintings

• A Brief Guide on How to Get Your Creative Work Seen, Funded, and Supported

• Loïs Mailou Jones, an Artist and Educator Who Made History

• Photographs Place Orange County’s Racist History in High Relief

• As ACLU SoCal's First Artist in Residence, Audrey Chan Emphasizes Immigration Rights

• Ruth Asawa's Life and Legacy, in Both Art and Education

• A Photographer and Writer Document the Stories of Queer People Across the US

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Art21

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• Gala Porras-Kim Negotiates Soft Power as an Artist-Curator

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KCET Artbound + Southland Sessions

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• Mobile Art Lab Brings Arts Programming to the Streets of L.A.

• Bridging the Gap: Greetings from South-Central Connects Youth to the Arts

• “Power in Care: Carolina Caycedo Maps the Long History of Feminine Environmental Work”

• How Indie Arts Organizations Survived 2020, And What They Plan in 2021

• ‘Made in L.A. 2020: a version’ Adjusts to Pandemic Realities

• Light Imitating Art: The Magic of the Light and Space Movement

• Crenshaw Dairy Mart in Inglewood Rethinks the Fine Arts Structure

• The Arts Are More Than Entertainment: L.A. Art in Tumultuous Times

• Ofelia Esparza Brings Altar-Making Beyond Dia de los Muertos

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Remezcla

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• Meet Emilia Cruz, the Painter Behind Ana's Art on 'Gentefied'

• In Jaquira Díaz's Memoir "Ordinary Girls," Sisterhood is Shaped by Shared Struggles of Violence & Poverty

• These Powerful Photos Humanize Latino Survivors of Drug Addiction & Incarceration in New Mexico

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LA Times

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• By Her Own Hand showcases rare books and manuscripts by women

• The Free Black Women’s Library amplifies the voices of female African American writers

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Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (CARLA)

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• Forged by Fire: How a Ceramic Studio is Creating a Radical Community

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Hunker

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• This Collective Is by Black Ceramicists, for Black Ceramicists

• The Enduring Importance of the Quilts of Gee's Bend

• Artist Lilian Martinez Welcome Us Into Her Artsy Desert Retreat

• Why You Should Know About the Legacy of Weaver Gunta Stölzl

• What's the Difference Between Wicker, Rattan, and Cane?

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Shondaland

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• Inside Lilliam Rivera's Fictional World of Girls, Gangs, and Dreams

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GOOD

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• Photographer Laura Aguilar Illuminates The Lives, and Bodies, of Queer Women of Color

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The Guardian

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• Why are half of Latino immigrant TV characters portrayed as criminals?

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Bustle

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• In 'With The Fire On High,' Elizabeth Acevedo Gives Young Readers Of Color A Story Of Joy

• 'Useful Phrases for Immigrants' By May-Lee Chai Explores the Effect Of Globalization, Class, and Race on Family Dynamics

• Esme Weijun Wang Unpacks the Stereotypes & Myths of Mental Illness In 'The Collected Schizophrenias'

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Bitch

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• We're Here, We're Sheer: Cora Harrington's Lingerie Revolution

• Online Photography Groups Bring Women of Color into Focus

• Not Another Teen Book: Contemporary YA Lit Acknowledges the Spectrum of Teenage Experiences

• Illustrators Capture Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's Breathtaking Moment

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LA Weekly

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• "Radical Women" of Latin American Art Get the Museum Show They Deserve

• For 30 years, East L.A. Photographer Laura Aguilar Has Been Doing Something Daring

• Star Montana's Photos Capture Loss, Pain and Family Secrets in East L.A

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Los Angeles Magazine

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• How a 1993 Step Van Became One of L.A.'s Most Interesting Art Galleries

• In a West Adams Backyard, the Duo Uno+Ichi is Creating L.A.'s Cutest Ceramics

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Broadly

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• 'Remember the Wild Looking Black Girl': Portrait of a Goth Beauty Blogger

• The Latinx Artist Capturing L.A.'s Punk Scene in Raw, Intimate Portraits

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Fabrik

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• Christina Fernandez: Camera Lens as Window

• Inside Self-Help Graphics & Día de Los Muertos: a Cultural Legacy

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The Establishment 

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• Ramiro Gomez's Provocative Art Takes on Labor and Racism

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VICE's The Creators Project

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• Taxi Fabric Turns Cabs into Traveling Art

• A Paraguayan Artist Illustrates a Positive Portrait of Female Sexuality

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Complex

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• Inspiration in the Streets: How Street Artist APEX Has Evolved Along with San Francisco

• About Face: San Francisco's Zio Ziegler

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ArtSlant 

• Silencing the Catcalls: Tatyana Fazlalizadeh's Stop Telling Women to Smile Project

essays

Catapult

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• Self-Doubt and the Submission Process

• The Watch of the Worry Dolls

• My Mother's Hope: On Being a First-Generation Latina in College

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Khôra

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• An Exercise in Counting

• A Portrait

• To All the Rock Boys I’ve Loved

• Somewhere to Carry This

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The Spectacle

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• A Walk in Los Angeles

Blood Orange Review

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• The Year The Gate Came Up

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PANK

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• Yellow Trumpet Flower

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Electric Literature

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• I Want to Speak for Myself, Not the Whole Latinx Community

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Dryland

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• The Streets Are Made of Anger

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Artsy

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• This Artwork Changed My Life: Graciela Iturbide's "Nuestra Señora de Las Iguanas"

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Refinery29

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• Depression Has Always Been The Third Wheel in My Relationship

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Bustle

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• These are the YA novels I wish I Had After My Father Died When I Was 12

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VICE/Tonic

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• I'm Trying to Channel My Depression Like Frida Kahlo

• I Named My Anxiety in Order to Tame it

Cosmopolitan 

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• People Told Me That I'd Only Get into College Because I'm Hispanic

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additional projects

Curator, Music Center’s For the Love of L.A. Digital Art Project

• more on the digital series via Broadway World

Editor and Writer, Setu

Artist Bio Writer, UGallery