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Panelists

Diana Adesola Mafe
(she/her)
Professor, English Black Studies International Studies, Women's & Gender Studies, Denison University, Granville, OH

Maia Gil’Adí
(she/her)
Assistant Professor of Latinx Studies, Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 

Orquidea Morales
(she/her)
Assistant Professor, School of Theatre, Film, and Television, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

Ignacio Sánchez Prado
(he/him)
Professor of Spanish, Latin American Studies, and Film and Media Studies, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

David J. Vazquez
(he/him)
Associate Professor, Literature and CRGC, Program Director of Latinx Studies Critical Race Gender and Culture Studies, American University, Washington DC

Alexander Avina (Alex)
(he/him)
Associate Professor, SHPRS History Faculty, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Robb Hernández
(he/him)
Professor, English, Fordham University, NYC

Catherine Sue Ramirez
(she/her)
Professor & Chair, Latin American and Latino Studies, Merrill College, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

Francisco Robles
(he/him)
Assistant Professor, Affiliate in the Institute for Latino Studies, Concurrent Faculty in the Gender Studies Program, University of Notre Dame, IN

Authors Panelists

Zoraida Córdova
(she/her)

Author

Carmen Maria Machado
(she/her)

Author

Filmmaker Panelists

Sophie Barthes
(she/her)

Film Director and Screenwriter

Alex Rivera
(he/him)
Filmmaker, Digital Media Artist, Associate Professor, The Sidney Poitier New American Film School, Los Angeles, CA

Editor

Nicole Solano
(she/her)

Editor, Rutgers University Press