Being Latina in the US is something I'm learning about everyday. I don't feel inherently different in any way from anybody else and it is a feeling I cherish and that has helped me avoid thinking of my ethnicity as a potential obstacle from what I want to achieve.

Andrea Suarez Paz

Categorized in : Thinking Feelings Ethnicity

In many points in history films and filmmakers have been banned for political reasons- that's how annoying they can be to oppressing systems, how dangerous.

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annoying film political

To see an older woman play a little boy on stage completely blasted open my perception to what it meant to act. That was it for me.

Andrea Suarez Paz

perception play boys

Mexico has relied on television for decades to keep the citizens misinformed and in a constant state of stupor. I mean we live in a time where democracy is almost synonymous with oligarchy.

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democracy citizens mean

Before Internet existed, films were my source of real information... by Andrea Suarez Paz

Before Internet existed, films were my source of real information from the world.

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information real world

I think art is, unfortunately, sometimes our only shot at communicating our indignation safely and effectively.

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sometimes art thinking

My parents are big liberals and taught us to never trust a government that rids their people of basic human rights.

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taught-us government rights

Growing up, my Mexican town of Monterrey was so safe, we wouldn't lock our cars or our front doors, and that is gone.

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growing-up car doors

Maybe I'm the badass lady who rids Mexico of drugs, of oppression... by Andrea Suarez Paz

Maybe I'm the badass lady who rids Mexico of drugs, of oppression and illiteracy.

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badass mexico drug

I am a woman and I am from Mexico, that is true. I am an artist, that is also true. When I work, I hope I'm not a woman from Mexico but an artist in body and spirit.

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mexico body artist

Its a wonderful feeling to be able to inspire back, to keep that... by Andrea Suarez Paz

Its a wonderful feeling to be able to inspire back, to keep that flow going.

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able feelings inspire

I do hope to inspire, I mean I live off inspiration and its the force that keeps me working, that keeps me creating.

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creating inspiration mean

Though Autism can be frightening and terribly demanding, it also comes with its vast share of superpowers that are unknown to the typical human.

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typical autism share

I read a lot on autism, which is surprisingly and annoyingly a hu... by Andrea Suarez Paz

I read a lot on autism, which is surprisingly and annoyingly a huge mystery.

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autism mystery huge

Artists have a tremendous purpose in society, which is to continually expose, to continually challenge and to never stop producing. To never stop creating, no matter what.

Andrea Suarez Paz

creating artist challenges