Michelle Salinas Wamungu is a multimedia artist and scholar from Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. Her interdisciplinary practice often centers on memory, migration, and community, working through documentary, archival research, 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 pursuing a PhD in Media Arts + Practice at the University of Southern California. Her current research focuses on creative and small business networks within Latinx/e communities in Los Angeles. She is an alum of the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, NPR Next Generation, and the Posse Foundation.
