I grew up in Provo, Utah, born to an immigrant father and devout Mormon mother. I struggled to find community as a queer, mixed kid in a conservative area, which deeply affected my desire for community. After moving to Portland in 2015 I pursued a bachelors in Film at PSU. While in college and away from my Mormon hometown, I was radicalized. It wasn’t until my senior year in film school that I leaned into more film-focused, radical feminist methodologies inspired by texts such as La Frontera and the MOTO by Chela Sandoval. My attitude on being mixed was transformed by Gloria Anzaldua’s writing on Mestizaje and Donna Haraway’s theories on “cyborg consciousness” and today I work to critique mixed-peoples place in Latino culture and how to work toward a future where Latinos are equitable and successful. I love film and I feel lucky to get to share with my collaborators the support Latino filmmakers rarely get but more than anything I look forward to foster community outside of the film and showcase how incredible the Latino community in Portland is and can be. I don’t fear the future and believe there are a lot of things to look forward to as a Latin community, capable of revolutionary collaboration. My collaborators are equally as enthusiastic and our intersections afford communal sharing in resources for the benefit of us all. Building community is the main goal of our project and my art.