In this reflective essay, Erika Abad traces her years-long collaboration with artist Justin Favela, exploring what it means to let go of past selves, embrace rest, and build community through Latinx art, memory, and care. Moving between studio moments, family ties, and cultural connection, this piece considers how slowness, joy, and collaboration shape new beginnings.

Veronique Medrano and Paloma Martínez-Cruz map a vision of Latinx creative practice that is expansive, rigorous, and utterly alive.