Michelle Salinas Wamungu is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher from Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. Her practice weaves memory, migration, and community, through film, archives, and installation to explore both personal and collective histories. She holds a B.A. and M.A. in Latin American Studies from UCLA and is currently finishing a PhD in Media Arts + Practice at the University of Southern California. Her current research focuses on creative and small business ecosystems within Latinx communities in Los Angeles. She is an alum of the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, NPR Next Generation, and the Posse Foundation.
