Esther Gatica
Esther Gatica is a Honduran bilingual writer, playwright, actress, director, and translator. She’s a graduate of Teatro Prometeo from Miami Dade College. She’s also 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 is a line producer for Lime Arts Productions and part of the Playground LA writers pool. She is also a part of the Black Voice News team. Follow her work on IG@esteyg.
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BVN's Esther Gatica discusses Rev. Dr. Queen Shamala Smith celebrates Art and Healing at Solo Exhibition, Newsom announcing underutilized state property in Riverside to become 209 affordable homes, U.S. House Representative Eric Swalwell running for Governor 2026, San Bernardino’s Future Green Leaders Summit, and a major lawsuit settlement involving the maltreatment and arrest of a ten-year-old Black student with special needs.
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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.