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Having the Latinx

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community and

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having the art

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community be present here in

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Philly is just like pure

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acceptance, pure healing.

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[In Spanish] Hi, my name is Manuela.

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I'm a Latina artist based in Philly.

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I'm an illustrator,

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a muralist and a painter.

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My family taught me to use my voice.

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Just live life

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really unapologetically.

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Take that voice

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and turn it into art,

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turn it into a message

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that could really touch

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hundreds of people.

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I created an art piece for Comcast.

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This artwork was inspired

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almost like a love

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letter to my parents

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land, their tierra.

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Someone’s projecting these different stories

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that your family tells

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you growing up.

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You have volcanoes on me.

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You have little houses,

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little villages.

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And those pieces are like

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the different pieces

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of my family's story,

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which even though I never visit

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those places, they’re

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still part of me, like little

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pieces of me.

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I love to use the Internet

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to entertain, show art,

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projects I'm a part of or things

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I'm selling.

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Or events I'm hosting, you know that

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people can really want to show up,

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not only to support you,

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but also

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maybe if they want to get

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to know you

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and you get to know them.

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And then the

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world feels a little smaller.