trading stories, being silly, putting thoughts on paper, turning ideas into action, learning through you, surprising others, surprising myself, making friends, making social change, making art through photos, MUSIC!, woman power like whuh?!, conversating with those who can talk AND listen well(not an easy skill), smiling at you, code-switchin, shape shiftin, foreign and indie films...
dreamers, genuine folks, creative folks, others creating social change, women who can big up other women, men who can big up other men, clever ones, rebels, the unashamed, humble ones, the trustworthy consistent type...
love it all...Chico Debarge, Joi, Van Hunt, Lila Downs, Mongo Santamaria, Vintage Sessions by TD Camp, Lupe Fiasco, Ruben Blades, Prince, Barrington Levy, Outkast, Lisa Shaw, Keyshia Cole.....
anything Almodovar, Road to Guantanamo, A Love Song for Bobby Long, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Before Night Falls, Love Jones, All About My Mother, El Mar Adentro, Raising Victor Vargas, Le Haine
Blindness,Pedagogy of the Oppressed, House of the Spirits Race Rebels, The Biography of Frida Kahlo, The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War, Mexico Profundo: Reclaiming A Civilization, Disposable Domestics, Borderlands...
mom and pops, my sis, my grandparents, Roberto Rivera, Carlos Marez (Lucha Unida del Jornalero), Graciela Iturbide, Tina Modotti, Roy DeCarava