Esther Gatica
Esther is a Honduran bilingual playwright, actress, director, and translator. She’s a graduate of Teatro Prometeo from Miami Dade College. She’s obtained a BFA from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She’s taught and performed with/at: Miami Hispanic International Theatre Festival, Syracuse Stage, the Gluck Foundation, and Fort Worth Fringe. Esther is a recent graduate from the University of California, Riverside with an MFA in writing for the performing arts. She has been selected as "Best of" before as part of Playground LA, as well as a program manager and newsletter creator for Black Voice News and a founding board member for World Builders Incubator. Follow her work @esteyg
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BVN's Esther Gatica discusses Truth, Resistance and Resilience: Editor’s Picks for 2025, photojournalist Aryana Noroozi, Fortune Schools closing the achievement gap for Black students, Bishop L. Kirk and Pastor Karen Sykes to Receive 2026 MVC MLK Legacy Award, and the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the right to vote. -
BVN's Esther Gatica discusses Time for Change, local author Debbie Dee, AI's growing footprint, Dr. Paulette Brown-Hinds being appointed to the California Transportation Commission, and FAC suing Riverside over transparency in quest for Sheriff Department jail deaths accountability.
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BVN's Esther Gatica discusses an essay by Kellie Todd Griffin, President and CEO of the California Black Women’s Collective Empowerment Institute, health concerns at IE Health Matters Forum, how Charles R. Drew University navigated more than $20 Million in fed cuts, Riverside Unified Foundation’s launch of the Tom Hunt Memorial Scholarship, and a call to action by Civil rights leader Latasha Brown for a boycott of Amazon, Target, and Home Depot.
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BVN's Esther Gatica discusses Prop 50 passage and approval, Federal judge ordering Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November, Mayor and City Council of San Bernardino recently appointing Telicia Lopez to the position of City Clerk, and Democrats unexpectedly caving on ACA Subsidies.
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BVN's Esther Gatica discusses challenges for Black-led doula collective, Frederick Douglass and America’s Free Speech Crisis, Legislature approves five Black Caucus Reparations Bills, and President Donald Trump’s actions impacting Black women in America.
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BVN's Esther Gatica discusses Dems pushing back against denied food access to LGBTQ+ youth, CDC Officials resigning amid policy changes, SB Co. signing data-sharing pact to aid homeless, Nathan Urena's Bid for Moreno Valley City Council, and BVN's Executive Editor Stephanie Williams' op ed: Is it time to pull the alarm?
