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Astrid

Astrid is a Salvadoran-American poet and writer based in Los Angeles.

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Meet the Woman In Charge of Conserving Every Single Inch of the Watts Towers, L.A.’s Most Iconic Landmark

June 17, 2021

Eat This Black-Owned Vegan Taco to Help Build South Central’s First Organic Grocery Store

June 3, 2021

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Meet Eric Eztli, The SELA Community Leader Throwing Open Mics In His Childhood Home

May 27, 2021

Meet Amanda Gorman, the L.A. Native Who Is the First National Youth Poet Laureate

January 20, 2021

After Being Shot Five Times, This Cholo Got a Job at NASA and Also Became a Frutero

October 9, 2020

No More Janitors, Maids, and Housekeepers: This Veterana Is Breaking Latino Typecasting in Hollywood By Training Real Gang Members to Be Actors

August 4, 2020

‘We Have More in Common Than We Think,’ How the PIFFLA Is Becoming One of L.A.’s Premiere Latinx Film Festivals

October 28, 2019

‘Taste of Soul’ is a True Representation of the Crenshaw Community, Here is Proof

October 22, 2019

‘It’s the year of the Salvie:’ Meet the Woman Fighting for the Proper Representation of El Salvador

July 31, 2019

Father Amde Is the Writing Seer of Watts ~ Poetry Corner

July 16, 2019