![]() ![]() Jonathan Muñoz-Proulx, theatrical artistic director “We should talk about the bad things in a more responsible, empathetic and compassionate way.” - S.E. “I wish not only in Mexico, but in Latin America, we would talk as much as we talk about the good things,” Morrison told The Times in May. ![]() Yet her time in the spotlight took a toll on her mental health after taking a three-year sabbatical from music, Morrison bravely detailed her lifelong struggle with anxiety and PTSD from sexual abuse in her 2022 album, “El Renacimiento” (“The Renaissance”), which is nominated for contemporary pop vocal album at this year’s Latin Grammys. The L.A.-based artist first rocked the Latin music world in 2012 with her Latin Grammy-winning debut, “Déjenme Llorar,” or “Let Me Cry,” a collection of sweetly sung folk songs that bubble with an arresting sensuality - and, at times, righteous rage. Mexican indie-pop star Morrison is for the sad girls - and she wouldn’t have it any other way. Once you’re in that position, you really need to know that this isn’t about you.” Look for a more on Molina later this week in LA Vanguardia. “I think we have to build them,” she says. She sees her positions in places of privilege as an opportunity to create pipelines of opportunity. Among her ancestors were strong women like Doña Natalia Barraza, her late grandmother and the inspiration for Molina’s latest book, “ A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community.” The book she’s writing next is about the Mexican workers who built the Huntington. She is clever and funny even when talking about something serious, be it structural racism in immigration policy or the tios and tias who have shaped her life as a distinguished professor of American studies and ethnicity at USC and as interim director of research at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The goal, she says, is “being in charge of how the stories and the point of views are shaped.” Look for more on Gomez in LA Vanguardia later this week. She’s been building her confidence in the director space by co-directing music videos, including “Runner Up” from artist GiaNina Paolantonio. Gomez’s Hollywood ambitions extend behind the camera too. “It’s amazing getting to see more progressive casting that isn’t just solely interested in the fact that I’m a Latina,” she says. It’s never gonna be me.’ ” But there Gomez was earlier this year, playing queer Latina superhero America Chavez in Marvel’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” The actor has broader goals, not the least of which is to consider characters who aren’t necessarily Latino-coded. When her mom put her in martial arts classes years ago to add action skills to her resume, Gomez scoffed: “I always told her, ‘I’m never going to be a superhero, I’m never going to be in a blockbuster. Marvel superhero is a role Gomez didn’t think was in her cards. “If we don’t use our platforms, if we don’t show our support for each other, how do we make it? We have to be championing one another.” Look for more on Becky in LA Vanguardia later this week. ![]() The artist, now 25, is driven not only to push her own ascent in the music industry but also to lift up other Latinos along the way. By 14 she had signed to RCA and scored her first two hits: her 2013 throwback to J.Lo, “ Becky From the Block,” followed by 2014’s “Shower.” When The Times caught up with her for LA Vanguardia, she had just learned of her four Latin Grammys nominations including song of the year and record of the year for “Pa’ Mis Muchachas,” or “For My Girls,” the sassy trap hit that heralded Christina Aguilera’s long-awaited return to Latin music, and also featured Argentine MCs Nicki Nicole and Nathy Peluso. After an economic crisis forced her family out of their Moreno Valley home and into her grandparents’ garage, Becky took up work as a commercial voice actor and grew her following by singing covers of R&B songs on YouTube. ![]() The eldest of four siblings in her Mexican American family, Becky was a breadwinner before she even finished elementary school. ![]()
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