Latiné Luminaries with Rhina Valentin and Sandra Guzman

Producer and on-air personality Rhina Valentin has earned the nickname “La Reina del Barrio” as the long-time host of the public television program OPEN on BronxNet. A native New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent, Valentin’s lifelong work focuses on bringing greater attention to issues that impact NYC's marginalized communities. Join us for the opening show of Valentin's Latiné Luminaries series with Emmy-winning Afro-Indigenous journalist and filmmaker Sandra Guzman. This multimedia interview will feature clips from Guzman's documentary The Pieces I Am, currently on Netflix; readings from the anthology, Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women; and scents from community garden-grown flowers to spark joy in both audience and interviewee.