DANIELA GARCIA ●
Daniela Garcia is a first-generation Mexican American artist. Originally from the Antelope Valley California, she spent her childhood living between the rural town of Lake Los Angeles (CA) and her father hometown, Las Canas Guanajuato, Mexico. As a child she was constantly surrounded by immigrant culture, both the artist' parents were the first to immigrate to the United States in the 1980's. Dani works mainly in drawing and painting, creating work responding to her immersion within Mexican immigrant culture and her dual cultural identity. She was the first to pursue and receive a higher education in her family. She received her B.F.A. in Drawing and Painting from California State University Long Beach.
Dani received her start in the arts from her high school art teacher Bruce Harris, this led her to purse a teaching credential in Secondary Education to pass on the opportunity given to her. Dani is a strong believer in Arts Education and the importance of exposing students to artist of color as well as female artist and the potential to tell their story through art. She is currently teaching art at the High School level in Ventura County and continues to make work from her home studio.


HEDY TORRES ●
Hedy Torres is a contemporary Mexican painter living in Los Angeles. She immigrated to the United States of America in 2006 and began studying Liberal Arts at Porterville College, then graduated in 2013 with an Associate Degree in Fine Arts. Hedy transferred to California State University, Northridge, and in 2015 received her Bachelor’s in Art with an Emphasis on Painting. In 2018, she obtained her Master’s in Art with an Emphasis in Drawing and Painting at California State University, Northridge. Immigration, human rights, homelessness, and social justice are themes present in her Art. Unfortunately, in June 2021, Hedy Torres lost most of her art pieces in a massive fire. Currently, she is focusing her Art to bring light to Street vendors from Los Angeles and various locations of Mexico.

Artbug Podcast is a project by Artbug Media. It consists of conversations with multidiscipline artists. Hosted by Carlos Rittner, founder of Artbug Media, and filmmaker Sergio Bonacci Lapalma aka Chapete.
Each episode contains music from an independent artist from around the world.

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