Aydinaneth Ortiz Has All the Right Ingredients for Powerful Photos
Aydinaneth Ortiz makes very powerful statements with her photography. 70% Isopropyl Alcohol. Sudafed. Acetone. Large photos of each item with a black background that are meant to jump into your face....
Duke Givens Captures the Power of Choice through Photography
Duke Givens is a photographer, documentarian, and social activist who made his life ambition to bring truth to power through his photography. The Long Beach City College alumnus documents that...
James Suazo Credits His Family for Mission as a Community Organizer
James Suazo is Associate Director for Long Beach Forward where he oversees communications strategies while providing support to the organization’s multiple initiatives and campaigns. Long Beach...
Melissa Morgan: A Biracial Black Woman Fighting for Diversity and Justice
Melissa Morgan is an old friend of ours (Antonio Ruiz and Sumire Gant). We all worked together back in the mid-2000s on a project called ArtPeace. The project’s goal was to use art as a tool for...
Dr. Juan Benitez on K-12 Education: It’s Complicated but Fixable
Dr. Juan Benitez is the Executive Director of the Center for Community Engagement at California State University, Long Beach and an Associate Professor in the Department of Chicano and Latino Studies...
American. Please Do Not Ask Me Where I’m From.
American. I am an American. Please do not ask me where I’m from. I am about as American as you can get; born and raised on the star-spangled banner, the pledge of allegiance, Superman, and someone...
PalacioMagazine.com Reimagined in 2019: More Voices
PalacioMagazine.com is being reimagined for 2019. It has been more than four years since I took over the reins of Palacio Magazine de Long Beach from my good friend and colleague Andrea Sulsona. For...
Early Childhood Education Long Beach Style: Replay
Early childhood education is important. Children who know or recognize fewer than 1,000 words by age 3 are trailing when they start kindergarten. This story was written for the second print issue of...