Book a Talk, Workshop, or Curatorial Collaboration

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I offer Book Talks, Workshops, and Curatorial Projects focused on the cultural legacies of Cuba, the Caribbean, and the African Diaspora.
 

These sessions are designed for academic, organizations, cultural, and community settings, inviting participants into meaningful conversations around identity, music, memory, and migration.
 
 
 
What I Offer
 
 
📘 Book Talks
Engaging presentations based on my recently published book, exploring the emergence of Cuban transnational music scenes, Cuban Fusion, and evolving Afro-diasporic music legacies since the 1990s. These talks weave storytelling, music, and research to examine how artists across world cities reshape diasporic soundscapes and cultural identity.
Ideal for universities, festivals, libraries, and cultural organizations seeking to spark conversation around music, migration, arts, Cuba, the Caribbean and the African diaspora.
 
 
🎤 Workshops
Interactive, research-based sessions designed for students, educators, artists, and cultural audiences. These workshops combine multimedia, group discussion, and reflection, and can be tailored to 60–90 minutes or longer formats depending on the setting.
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Available topics include:
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• Renaissance of Afro-Diasporic Legacies in Cuban Music
   

• Female and Non-Binary Creative Voices Across the African Diaspora
   

• Cuban Fusion Music Around the World: A Living Archive
   

Workshops can be delivered in person or virtually and are adaptable to classroom, conference, or community environments.
 
 
🖼️ Curatorial Projects
I curate concerts, panels, exhibitions, and cultural programs centering Cuban, Afro-Cuban, Caribbean, and Afro-diasporic creative voices. My work blends scholarship, production, and lived experience to create rich, multidimensional programming across music, visual arts, performance, and film.
 
Selected past curatorial experience includes:
 
🎵 Concerts & Festivals

• Curation, programming, and production for Yusa, Descemer Bueno & Cubiche, and Sol + La Tribu
   

• Media relations and co-production for concerts with Telmary and Philbert Armenteros & Los Herederos
   

• Curatorial collaborations and PR for events with FUNDarte and Miami Light Project
   

 
🎤 Panels & Artist Talks

• Organized panels featuring Gema Corredera, Horacio “El Negro” Hernández, Yosvany Terry, and the Habanization project at the University of Miami
   

 
👥 Guest Artist Programming

• Invited Vanito Brown (Habana Abierta), Yusa, Pavel Urquiza and DJ Asho (Ariel Fernandez) as guest artists in my university course “Cuban Music: Readings and Critical Auditions on Imaginaries about the Nation and the Diaspora” at the University of Miami
   

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🖼️ Exhibitions

• Curatorial support for the Living Together series at the MDC Museum of Art and Design in Miami
   

 
🎬 Film

• Collaboration with Miami Film Festival and UniFrance, assisting with film programming and event production.
   

 
 
My approach is collaborative, research-driven, and grounded in cultural equity, decolonial storytelling, and amplifying historically underrepresented voices.