Zuly Inirio

Zuly Inirio

Zuly Inirio Dr. Zuly E. Inirio, DMA, LSW is a soprano, Creative Producer, scholar, and cultural strategist whose work lives at the intersection of art, community building, and social transformation. She weaves together performance, storytelling, advocacy, and organizing to create experiences that foster connection, belonging, and cultural liberation. As Founder…
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Jon Sabillón

Jon Sabillón

Jon Sabillón Alejandro Jon Sabillón is a multidisciplinary artist and creative entrepreneur from Honduras who is redefining the boundaries of the DJ booth. Exploring the frontiers of the musical unknown, Jon pioneers the concept of ""Animistic DJing""—treating his sets as living musical ecosystems that seamlessly weave genres, cultures, and species…
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Yano Rivera

Yano Rivera

Yano Rivera La Peña Community Chorus was founded in 1978 by Chilean refugees and their community of supporters in Berkeley, California. Our group is a multi-generational choir and ensemble, dedicated to justice, equality, and peace through music. Yano Rivera is a tenor in the chorus. He grew up on a…
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Jessica Rodriguez

Jessica Rodriguez

Jessica Rodriguez Jessica Rodriguez is a queer Latine multidisciplinary artist, singer-songwriter, cultural curator, and human rights advocate based in Chicago. As a gun violence survivor, Jessica uses art and music as tools for collective healing and social change. She is the founder of Museica, a creative studio dedicated to accessible…
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Al “Papa Rap” Lopez

Al “Papa Rap” Lopez

Al "Papa Rap" Lopez Al Papa Rap Lopez is originally from Puerto Rico and has lived in NWA since 1994. Al is a self-taught musician who has composed and arranged hundreds of songs that he uses in his live performances. He performs solo or he can also bring his 8-piece…
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DJ Leydis

DJ Leydis

DJ Leydis Born and raised in Cuba, DJ Leydis combines contemporary hits with a distinctive fusion of Latin flavors, classic R&B, Hip Hop, Afro Beats, Afro Cubano, Roots Reggae and Cuban Music (Timba Cubana). She has been involved in the Cuban hip-hop movement since its beginnings, as well as about…
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Oscar Salamanca

Oscar Salamanca

Óscar Salamanca Óscar Salamanca, born in 1987, has built a diverse career in music, visual arts, and digital media since age 7. He studied technical drawing and design at the Technical Central Institute of LaSalle, where he also began his music instruction in classical guitar and theory. Óscar performed with…
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Nicholas Gaitan

Nicholas Gaitan

Nicholas Gaitan It’s hard to come up with anybody who does more things with more skill, integrity, and soul than Nick Gaitan. A singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Nick makes music rooted in Houston’s East End and broader Gulf Coast: Tejano and honky tonk, blues and conjunto, rockabilly and soul. He’s a…
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María José Montijo

María José Montijo

María José Montijo Esotérica Tropical (María José Montijo), a queer Boricua bruja, defies boundaries with her show-stopping voice, intuitive folk harp, Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba rhythms, and electronic innovation. Her music challenges colonial mentality while championing sovereignty and surrealism. In 2009, destiny bestowed a Celtic harp upon Esotérica Tropical on a…
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