CONTENT

PROFILES 15.4

Fall 2023 San Jose, California

CULTURE

8 B.L.A.C.K. Outreach, Lou Dimes & Pamela Emanuel

12 Developer, Michael Messinger

ART & DESIGN

16 Tattoo Artist, Abraham Ortega

20 San José Museum of Art Curators, Lauren Schell Dickens, Nidhi Gandhi, & Juan Omar Rodriguez

26 Artist and Designer, Paul J. Gonzalez

30 Multidisciplinary Artist, Pantea Karimi

36 Artist, James Mertke

42 San Jose Creative Ambassadors, Yoon Chung Han, SJ Storyboard, Suhita Shirodkar, & Together We Create

52 Filmmaker, May Yam

STYLE

56 Meraki by Yaya Fashion Design, Yaya Bautista

WORDS

60 Poet & Storyteller, Yosimar Reyes 64 Poet, Elodia Esperanza Benitez MUSIC 68 DJ, Weezmatic, Aaron Aquino

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