10/13/2020
On behalf of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month committee, in collaboration with El Concilio, Women’s Coalition, and Black African Coalition, join us for the long-anticipated virtual event “Una Noche with Julissa Calderon” on the evening of October 15, 2020 at 5 p.m.
JULISSA CALDERON is an Afro-Latinx actress, writer, producer, and director from Miami. She can be seen playing the dynamic role of Yessika Castillo, a strong-willed, heart driven activist, in the MACRO/Netflix series, Gentefied. The bilingual dramedy, with executive producers America Ferrera and Teri Weinberg, premiered to great notoriety this past February 2020.
Julissa is passionate about Afro-Latino representation and challenging Latino stereotypes. Some of her videos such as “Pelo Bueno, Pelo Malo,” “Sammy Sosa’s skin color rant” and “How I Went from Waitress to Buzzfeed Producer” have been featured in numerous news outlets, including The Huffington Post and CNN Español.