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Co-founder of Ceramic Studio 153–Connecting Community with Access to Art

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Nathalie Sánchez
Artist, Co-founder, Jack-of-all-Trades
Talks about growing up in Cudahy and sharing studio space with her partner, Wayne Perry–born in Lincoln Heights–as well as well known Chicano/a artists, Frank Romero and Sonia Romero, here in the Historical Lincoln Heights Industrial Zone. Living in Echo Park to Highland Park and her observations of gentrification, and questions where she fits into all this.

Addressing Food Justice through a three pronged process: Health and Nutrition, Redistribution of Food, Culinary Training.

Ceramic Studio 153
Nathalie Sánchez Art

Produced: Mario Mesquita
Sound: Mario Mesquita
Photo: Mario Mesquita

Trabajando en Lincoln Heights y los cambios buenos que ha visto en estos últimos años

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Mayra,  Esteticista/Peluquera
En un día soleado y caluroso, Mayra, mi peluquera que he visitado tres veces consecutivos, describe un poco de su experiencia emigrando a, viviendo, y trabajando en Lincoln Heights. Habla a cerca de como la afecto el cambio en la economía, por que ya no vive en el vecindario pero sigue trabajando aquí. Y luego empieza a entrevistarme a mi y hablar más a fondo de su trabajo de caridad y posible plan de regresar a su país de origen, Honduras.

Noel’s Hair Salon

Produced: Mario Mesquita
Sound: Mario Mesquita
Photo: Mario Mesquita

The Good Outweighing the Bad of Gentrification

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Highland Park Resident
Lumis Festival 2015

Compares gentrification in Northeast Los Angeles, the city she left, and Washington D.C., the city she now lives and works in. Shares her favorite food spots and neighborhood landmarks like La Estrella and Café de Leche, as well as businesses that would “come and go”.

Kitchen Mouse
Good Girl Dinette

Produced: Selena Romero
Sound: Mario Mesquita
Photo: Victor Romero

What can a Neighborhood Council do & Gentrification

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Highland Park Neighborhood Council
Lumis Festival 2015

Monica Alcaraz, Highland Park Neighborhood Council’s President, and other members, gives us a brief explanation of what they can do and how they take care of the neighborhood, keeping the community and gentrification in mind.

“One of the things we need to do as a community is  to help preserve what’s there and to help those that don’t have a voice…”

The Marketplace Coverage of Gentrification and Opening of a Bureau by The Wealth & Poverty Desk: York & Fig

Talking about gentrification vs. what actions can be taken about gentrification.

Produced: Mario Mesquita
Sound: Mario Mesquita
Photo: Mario Mesquita