The Latino/a/x Advisory Group (LAG) comprises community members, scholars, artists, activists, and educators who represent a myriad of DC’s Latino/a/x communities. The LAG is intentionally crafted to bring together diverse perspectives from a wide range of national, gender, sexual orientation, and multi-generational identities to disrupt patterns of cultural extraction and monolithic narratives. The LAG informs and influences the DC History Center’s incorporation of local Latino/a/x community histories in programs, education, exhibits, research, and scholarship.
Since 2023, a 10-member cohort is convened annually. All members serve a term of one year, which can be renewed/extended for an additional year. Members of the Latino/a/x Outreach Advisory Group are provided with a stipend for their participation and collaboration in the working group’s activities. Applications to the Latino/a/x Advisory Group are accepted on a rolling basis.
MEMBERS
Mariana Barros-Titus, Facilitator
Colombian American (she/her/ella)
Areas of expertise: community organizing, oral history, DC statehood, Latinx feminist studies
Armonté Butler
Black Puerto Rican (he/him/his)
Areas of expertise: health equity, youth activism, queer storytelling
Wanda R. Hernández
mixed-race Guatemalan (she/her/ella)
Areas of expertise: race and ethnic studies, Latinx studies, community archives, museum curation
Miriam Machado-Luces
Venezuelan-Trinidadian (she/her/ella)
Areas of expertise: Film and Media Creation; Afro-Latine/x music and history, Autism, Jazz Music History
Alumni
Miguel Castro Luna (2023)
Mexican (he/him)
Areas of expertise: community organizing, youth organizing, language justice, community oral histories
José Centeno-Meléndez (2022-2023)
Mixed-race Salvadoran (he/him/él)
Areas of expertise: oral histories, Latinx DC community histories, museum work, cultural organizing
Delia Beristain Noriega (2023-2024)
Mexican (she/her/ella)
Areas of expertise: community oral histories, housing equity, LGBTQ+ justice, audio production
Daniel del Pielago (2023-2024)
Peruvian American
Areas of expertise: housing organizing, radio production, music curation
Letitia “Leti” Gomez (2023-2024)
Chicana (she/her)
Areas of expertise: oral histories, archiving, community organizing
José Gutierrez (2022-2024)
Mexican American (he/him/his)
Areas of expertise: Latino LGBTQ history, queer Latino archives, activism, poetry
Rosalyn D. Lake Montero (2022-2024)
Afro Dominican
Areas of expertise: youth development and education
Kristy Li Puma (2022-2024)
Mixed-race Latina (she/ella)
Areas of expertise: cultural and community organizing, youth activism, queer alternative spaces, music
Manuel Mendez (2022-2024)
Black Dominican (he/him)
Areas of expertise: community history, oral histories, youth activism, documentaries