cultural change, alternative spaces, mentoring, grant writing, mexico, world politics, protest, how redevelopment impacts our communities.
Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstarts, Sunday Oldies, the Roots, Maiz, Agua Dulce, Quetzal, Lila Downs, Manu Chau, Fania All Stars, Sam Cook, Billie Holliday, Joni MItchell, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Jill Scott, Ozomatli, Erykah Badu, Etta James, Bill Withers, Orishas, Aterciopelados rick islas, Domingo Seite, Ollin, the Carpenters, anything 80s, Parlilment, pure funk, boleros, trio music, B-Side Players, John Coltrane, Violetta Para, mary j. blyge, maze star, Molotov, , Lauryn Hill, chaka khan, Blues Experiment, Earth, Wind and Fire, Ruben Blades, Cypress Hill, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Los Amigos Invisibles, Domingo Seite, classic brazillian, chico buarque, israel moldanado, brett sanders, gilbert castellano, and the list can go on.
Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Street Car Named Desire, Casablanca, the Wedding Crashers, Mr. Wonderful, any Pedro Almodovar movie, Sunset Boulevard, il postino, Sex and Lucia, Ammores Perros, old karate movie fetish,
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Favorite authors and poets: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Willie Perdomo, marisela norte, pat payne, Tomas Riley, Adolfo Guzman Lopez, reina prado Lorna Dee Cervantes, Louise Erdrich, Adrienne Rich, Roberto Bolano, Ana Castillo, Sonia Sanchez, Cherie Moraga, marisela norte, Emma Perez, Mike Davis, Jack Kerouac, Josefina Lopez, Sylvia Plath, Sesshu Foster, Graciela Limon, Audre Lourde, bell hooks, lizz huerta, la linea, and the list goes on.
the parentals, single moms, my brothers, lizz, marisela, the bad ass women artist, writers and activists i have met over the years, marialice and reyes