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Armando, of Chinese Nicaraguan heritage, immigrated to the United States at a young age. He watched his mother and father sacrifice and work tirelessly to ensure their 3 sons were given an opportunity for a better quality of life.
Armando Tam is part of the leadership of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals. NAHREP is the largest Latino business organization in America. Prior to his work at NAHREP, Tam was a real estate investor and owned and operated a real estate brokerage, and a mortgage company. He is a minority shareholder in Latin Con LLC, which has ownership stakes in L’ATTITUDE as well as a partner in Pantera Sports Management Agency.
A food aficionado, he is currently working on his passion venture Comidazo, a streaming and activation platform to highlight chefs and winemakers of color. He launched his cook book titled “It’s a Vibe” paring dishes, wine and music while featuring some of the most talented winemakers of color.
Armando’s latest food venture, is launching ghost kitchen online food concepts across the country.
Sisa Quispe, is a Quechua/Aymara indigenous Artist based on unceded occupied Lenape/ Hoking Land. She is a Screenwriter, Producer, TEDx Speaker, Actress, Content creator, and Host.
As a storyteller, she aims to uplift and honor Native People from Abya Yala/Turtle Island. During the pandemic, she hosted the IG Series #NativeVoices where she invited different indigenous people from the continent to share their experiences including among others Che Jim, Nat Kelley, Moi Guiquita, and Suni Sonqo.
Her production “Vive el Quechua” which seeks to preserve the Indigenous language, by also teaching about the culture, has over 6k followers on Youtube. On December 2021 she gave a TEDx talk titled “Re-thinking Who We Are Through A Decolonizing Lense” giving an inspiring message about her decolonizing journey.
Her latest production “Her Last Wish” is currently in the post-production stages, a short film that explores the complexity of the Indigenous Identity and the reconnection to our roots.
Olivia Rodriguez Mendez is from Thermal, California, an unincorporated community in the Eastern Coachella Valley (ECV). Olivia graduated from UC Berkeley with a major in Integrative Biology. Upon graduation, Olivia returned to the ECV where she joined Coachella Unincorporated as a youth journalist in 2015. Throughout her time in Coachella Unincorporated, Olivia had the opportunity to work alongside other local filmmakers and artists to co-produce and write an award-winning film called, Estamos Aqui: A Community Documentary. Olivia then pursued a Masters in Public Health with an emphasis in Global Health from Loma Linda University. Currently, Olivia is the Senior Program Coordinator for ¡Que Madre! Media, a space for young womxn in the ECV that destigmatizes mental health issues in their community through storytelling and advocacy.
Born in Sylmar, California, Alex Ferrufino never seen the movie businesses being his career. He always had a love for movies but his background would say otherwise. After the loss of a very good friend due to gang violence, he made a choice to turn his life around. Being a native from Los Angeles, he decided to pursue a career in film maker.
His enthusiasm and drive to accomplish the dreams he set forth pushed him into the craft of directing. Through a camera, he fell in love with the art of storytelling. He feels that he has an obligation to tell stories that speak for his culture and rough upbringing. He wants to give young people like him a voice.
Edwin “El Miedo” Pagán is a life-long horror aficionado, filmmaker, cinematographer, and producer. He is the founder of LATIN HORROR (www.latinhorror.com), a niche website launched on Halloween 2008 specializing in the genre of Latin horror and the Latinos/as whose work is grounded in horror, the macabre, and Gothic arts. Pagán has been the leading proponent in establishing the “Latin horror” moniker as a recognized genre in the U.S. and abroad. He’s also been instrumental in creating a network among this bloc of horror filmmakers that has promoted substantial cross-collaborations that have led to numerous successful partnerships and productions. In 2012, he established Miedo Marketing, the publicity arm of the brand that provides horror properties with tailored promotional efforts geared toward reaching the vast Latino horror fanbase.
