4 - Representation Matters feat. Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez

¡Hola mi gente! welcome to Season 2 of Siempre Pa’lante! Always Forward. I’m your host, Giraldo Luis Alvaré. Gracias for listening. In this episode, our guest shares with us the cultural values he learned from women in his familia. This along with mentors in the community helped shape the man he is today. When it comes to paying it forward, he takes it to whole new level. His art and stories continue to raise cultural awareness educating the masses on Puerto Rico. Please welcome, award-winning graphic novelist, philanthropist and creative director of Somos Arte, Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez. Gracias for listening. Don't forget to rate, review, follow, subscribe, like and share. Check out my Linktree for more info. Pa'lante! https://linktr.ee/sp.alwaysforward Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez Creative Director of Somos Arte, Graphic Novelist, Philanthropist, Creator and Writer of La Borinqueña, Somos Arte | La Borinqueña | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | TikTok Somos Arte site - https://www.somosarte.com/ La Borinqueña - https://www.la-borinquena.com/ FB - https://www.facebook.com/LaBorinquenaComics FB - https://www.facebook.com/mr.edgardo IG - https://www.instagram.com/laborinquenacomics/ IG - https://www.instagram.com/mredgardonyc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/LaBorinquena_GN Twitter - https://twitter.com/mredgardonyc TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@laborinquenacomics?lang=en NOTABLE MENTIONS New York City, Operation Bootstrap, Puerto Rican Diaspora, Puerto Rico, Caguas, San Lorenzo, Las Piedras, Reading, Pennsylvania, Syracuse, Colgate University, Liliana De Jesus, Tostones, East Harlem Music School, Cultural Arts, El Barrio, South Bronx, Washington Heights, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Loisaida, New Brunswick, New Jersey, El Yunque, Code Switch, Bruce Lee, Be Water My Friend, River, Pandemic, FanGirl, Philanthropy, La Borinqueña, Kyung Jeon-Miranda, La Borinqueña Grants Program, Black Panther, NAACP, Disney, Latinx, Chocolate Cortés, Chocolate Bars, Comics, Cacao, La Confederación Antillana, Haitian, Haiti, Spain, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Republica Dominicana, El Grito de Lares, Ramón Emeterio Betances, Lola Rodríguez de Tió, The Federation of the Antilles, Luis Cardenas Acosta, Madonna, Ancestors, Taínos