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Guarina Lopez

Guarina Lopez

GUARINA PALOMA LOPEZ is an experienced creative with a passion for storytelling, visual arts and education. She has a demonstrated history of working in visual media, academia and the museum industry. Skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Higher Education, Museum Education, Cultural Heritage, Collections Management and Curatorial Research. She has experience as a writer, visual artist, photographer, and oral historian. Strong media and communication professional committed to broadening the inclusion of under-represented peoples in the arts and in educational institutions and centering anti-racist practices in project management.

Guarina is an independent visual artist and storyteller from the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. She has a BA in Liberal Studies from the American University in Washington, D.C. but considers herself to be a student of the real world and not academia.


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Call Me By My Name

Call Me By My Name is a project that began as a video on my personal Instagram page about my feelings about my own name. I created the video as a protest against white supremacy, but also to explain the deeper harms that can occur when someone denies you your humanity by refusing to say to your name. Many people contacted me to tell me their own stories and for the first time in 42 years, I felt less alone. Now, I post videos of people sharing their names, how to pronounce it, spell it, who gave it to them, if it is has cultural significance and what they love about it. I wanted to do this for those who have suffered the consequences of living in a racist society. This project is also a way that we can inspire others to take pride in their unique names and remember the depth of their meanings.

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Kamakaniokaʻāina Paikai (kānaka maoli) Pronounced kuh-mah-kuh-nee-oh-kuh-eye-nuh pie-kye, Christen Paula Hepuakoamanaa'ekapunokamalei-o-nali'iamekahanohanoamauana'ia (kānaka maoli), Diego Venegas (Ecuador/Inca), Sampaguita Hideko Bisagni-Roxas 6 years old (Mother is Japanese and Italian, and Father is Filipino, Chinese, English and Spanish), Guarina Paloma Lopez (Pascua Yaqui Tribe), Jinghuan Liu Tervalon (Chinese), Kola Shippentower, Tumhiya (The Confederate Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservations), Antoine Dominique Woods (Black), Dachelle (Black)