We are more than just a strange accent; we are poetry, literature, photography, music, and an inexhaustible cultural wealth.
VozEs celebrates the cultural and artistic expressions that arise from the immigrant experience.
The Intimate and Emotional Photography of Livier Miroslava
For Livier, taking pictures was never just about creating something “pretty.” From the very beginning, it was tied to emotions, vulnerability, and the need to convey things that can’t always be expressed directly.
India: The Taste of Belonging
Her cuisine stems precisely from that collective memory. From a childhood where blended chicken broth was served in a baby bottle, where weekends meant roast beef, indio viejo, or vigorón, and where cooking was a way for the family to find emotional support.
Roxana Marinoff and César Dávalos: Tango as Conversation
César describes traditional tango as an improvised conversation between two people. Unlike other, more structured dance styles, tango does not rely on a set sequence of steps, but rather on constant communication between the dancers.
A whirlwind of energy in Charlotte: Sydney Duarte
There are people who seem to carry an entire landscape within them. It is as if certain places in the world have not only left their mark on them, but continue to breathe through them. In Sydney Duarte’s case, that place has a name: Lake Atitlán, in Guatemala.
Between Inca Kola and Little Havana: The Art of Diana Contreras
Born in Chiclayo, Peru, and raised in Miami from the age of five, Diana grew up in a city where being a Latino immigrant didn't necessarily make you feel different.
Khori Rodríguez and the knots that hold stories
From Charlotte, Peruvian artist Khori Haylli Rodríguez revives this ancestral tradition and transforms it into a contemporary practice of memory, migration, and healing. She does so not only through technique, but from something deeper: the human need to communicate what sometimes cannot be put into words.
Reading to Find Yourself: Talks and Books, a community born between the pages
They first met on social media through their accounts dedicated to book reviews. They shared recommendations, talked about books, and eventually began to ask themselves a very simple question: Why wasn’t there a physical space in Spanish where Latinx readers could gather here?
The Art of Rebuilding Oneself Through Dance: Salas Agency
Ángela Castillo and Mauricio Salas have spent more than two decades building a life together amid performances, rehearsals, and cultural projects.
Cristina Lozano and the Tradition of the Morning Cup of Coffee
The aroma of coffee can travel farther than a suitcase.
Sometimes it travels across entire countries before settling once again in a kitchen, a conversation, or a memory. For Cristina Lozano, that scent always brings her back to the Ecuadorian coast, to the humid heat of the beach, to family mornings, to the sound of the…
Street Postcards
By Gumaro Manzo In this series, Gumaro shares a collection of postcards featuring street art in the city of Charlotte. Through his lens, the city is revealed as a living canvas where walls speak, colors burst into everyday life, and stories are etched into every corner. His perspective doesn’t…
