Producer & Music Director

The New York Latino Film Festival is the first official event of NYLFF, founded in 2023! It is a night of celebration, connection, and creativity.

In partnership with the Dominican Artists Collective and other community partners, we spotlight the Dominican and Dominican-adjacent films and filmmakers featured in each year’s NYLFF lineup.

Sponsored by brand such as Don Julio and Pernod Ricard, the evening features signature cocktails from their family of brands.

The mixer kicks off the Latino entertainment event of the year with networking, music, libations, and community!

Sketch comedians Michael "Juan Bago" Diaz (Netflix's Vampire in the Bronx" and "Survival of the Thickest") and Jaime Fernandez (NBC's Bring The Funny) have invited some of their funny friends to perform with them for THIS IS WE NOW: A Sketch Show. We tackled topics like GoFundMe campaigns, the wild world of open relationships and the crazy antics of office conspiracy theorists! This show also raised money for the production of the short film "Role Players."

"De Lo Mio" is a sister project to Nuevayorkino's June "Aqui Me Quedo" show, centering the Boricua diasporas of Bushwick and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and Ridgewood, Queens. De Lo Mio celebrates the extensive history of New York City's Dominican diaspora

A pre-show social hour prior to Guadalís Del Carmen's new play, BEES & HONEY. 

Our Dominican Artist Mixer night was dedicated to building community with fellow Dominican Artists from NYC. We welcomed and encouraged artists of all mediums to attend. Partner orgs: Dominican Writers Association, Dominican Arts Collective, People's Theatre Project, & Latinx Playwrights Circle.

DominicanYork is an independent mini web series that dives into the lives of a crew of 8 millennials.

Relationships are tested and identities are challenged as they deal with breakups, secrets, find their purpose, and weave through the duality of their Dominican and American upbringing.

Mia has returned to the neighborhood after being away at college, and as she attempts to reconstruct her life back home in Washington Heights, she is forced to deal with challenges she wasn't prepared for in this comedic series.

A comedy variety show featuring sketches and stand-up comedy presented as an ode to mothers.

The "Role Players" mockumentary follows three struggling creatives (a stage actor, a voiceover artist, and a podcaster) who each won a nationwide casting contest for a non-alcoholic tequila commercial. In their final group audition, their desperation to finally be taken seriously as performers will either get them the role… or expose just how far they’re willing to go to be more than role players. 

Gwendolyn is a satire of a wildly successful conservative livestream personality who is absolutely convinced she's exposing the greatest conspiracies of our time. The only problem: every elaborate geopolitical theory is secretly motivated by an incredibly petty personal grievance. Whether she's investigating election fraud, celebrity feuds, or secret government programs, every rabbit hole somehow leads back to the woman from Pilates who unfollowed her on Instagram.

Bachatú is a one-man musical written and performed by Dilson Hernandez, a Dominican-American artist from the Bronx, NY. It is a solo musical journey of self-discovery that blends traditional Dominican bachata rhythms, hip-hop, blues, and rock elements with spoken-word poetry, storytelling, and personal narrative about an immigrant

An all-Dominican sketch comedy experience about the ridiculousness of life after COVID, living in The Heights, and some good ol' reckless behavior that can only be created by the hilarious comedian Jerry Diaz

The Dominican Artists Collective welcomes you to the real Washington Heights—our beloved barrio and our home away from home, filled with delicious food and bangin’ island tunes, where melodic Dominican Spanish crashes into the hustle and grind of the New York accent. From one island to another, palm trees to concrete. Come kick it with the Dominican Artists Collective as we journey through our rich, complex, untold stories and deep-rooted ancestral knowledge, all while wrestling with our American experience: how we view the world around us while contemplating how to make art during these times.

In THE COOKING PROJECT, travel with the DAC as they travel through time and space to explore their Diasporic journey—where they come from, and how they came to be.