Welcome to the Water Learning Series: Los Angeles, session nine.

We welcome Lizette Padilla, Zacarias Bernal & Kaytlynn Johnston.

Lizette Padilla (she/they) was born and raised in Cudahy in Southeast LA, and grew up going back and forth from Southeast LA to Ensenada, Baja California where her father resides. She also spent her summers in her parent’s hometowns in Michoacan and Jalisco, Mexico since infancy. She is an artist that uses different mediums, a queer-feminista, tree hugger, and is currently a Bookstore Assistant at Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural and Bookstore in the San Fernando Valley, where she’s been an 818 resident since 2017.

Zacarías Bernal (he/him) was born and raised on Tovaangar, in what is otherwise known as the San Gabriel Valley of LA County. He is a third generation xicano, photographer, lover of books, and heavily influenced by Zapatismo. He is currently a Program Assistant with Tía Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore in the North East San Fernando Valley.

Kaytlynn Johnston was born and raised in Bishop California and is a member of the Bishop Paiute Tribe. A former member of the Bishop Tribal Youth Council and Female Co-President of the Bishop Tribal Youth Council, she then became Pacific Region representative of all California and Hawaiian Native Youth for 2021/2022. Kaytlynn attends college in Costa Mesa CA and is majoring in broadcast journalism at Orange Coast College.

The Water Learning Series: Los Angeles is a year long virtual event that will be recorded and published at a later date at TALKING WATER.

In collaboration with Accelerate Resilience L.A.