I am a facilitator of stories, people, and art. I’m a queer, Chicana, born and raised in Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles, California. I attended First St. Elementary, Hollenbeck Middle School, Roosevelt High School, UCLA, and now USC. I graduated from UCLA with a B.A. and M.A. in Latin American Studies and Labor and Workplace Studies. My MA project danced within historical, critical, and media analysis of songs about Mexican repatriation from the United States during the Great Depression. Currently, I am exploring different approaches to nurturing and sustaining local creative and small business networks in Latinx/e communities in Los Angeles - since the 90’s to present day. I am also continuing to explore art making and enaging as a path to processing the personal and collective experiences such as health, grief, identity development, sense of purpose, and imagining of the future. I am also a Ronald E. McNair Scholar alumna, NPR Next Generation alumna, and a Posse Scholar. In my free time, I enjoy making iced matcha lattes, experiencing live music, and dancing to cumbia.