BANDITA, the Dominican Latina Superhero

Though Kayden is a city slicker, she remembers her family trips to Las Vegas and El Paso and seeing the vast untamed American West pass out the car window.

Bandita embraces her free American spirit, always remembering where she comes from.  

Estefania Arteaga is a Mexican Character Designer from Tabasco,  México with a graphic design degree from Anahuac University. 

Although raised in a conservative family constantly surrounded by the classic Mexican machismo, Estefania focused on playing video games and her powerful mom; who's a full time worker and will forever be a superhero to her and an example on how to face challenges in Mexican modern society as a woman. 

Because of her mom, Estafania likes to represent strong female characters in her illustrations to inspire women to feel strong and be their authentic self's.

 Ari Navarette is an illustrator specializing in children’s editorials and  illustrations. She is also co-creator of the clothing Brand, Vuelo a la  Hilacha.

Ari  likes to create images where women are portrayed as strong and smart individuals free of prejudices; and believes that today we have the opportunity to change the gender roles that have been imposed on us by using art to teach and spread ideas of equality and empathy.

Ari  knows that the representation of all people in the media, including  Latins, is very important because being seen, recognized, and embraced  is a powerful tool to build up the confidence of overlooked communities  and empower them to achieve even greater things. And that's what her  work sets out to do; create change. 

Daniell Black  is a Mexican Concept Artist and Visual Developer currently living in Mexico City. Her childhood was marked by the influence of strong women around her and a lot of incredible cartoons, this is how she realized that heroes are real and they’re closer to us than we think. 

Daniell likes to tell stories through art and trusts that the hard work that all artists are doing is helping to create a world where all little girls will have someone to relate to and through this, empower themselves. 

Sandra Romero is a first generation Mexican-American graphic designer based in Southern California. 

Growing  up, she was drawn to powerful female role models in cartoons and media. Sandra values her relationship and friendship with her mother. 

Following her  mother's advice, she pursued higher education to be able to work  on art, graphics, and work on projects with female leads for other  little girls.