Gloria Calderón Kellett and Gina Torres are among the artists who have joined the National Media Hispanic Coalition’s inaugural alliance to promote progress for Latinos from Hollywood to Washington, D.C.
In part to rectify the systemic issues that have led to this downturn as well as address other concerns in the entertainment industry and beyond, Calderón Kellett is linking up with a number of other Latino luminaries in Hollywood to form the first-ever Visionary Alliance for the National Hispanic Media Coalition.
“NHMC is about representation from the White House to Hollywood,” the coalition’s president and CEO Brenda Victoria Castillo tells. “The policies and decisions that are made in D.C. affect Hollywood. The way Hollywood decides they’re going to portray Latinos is the way we’re perceived and the way the public treats us, and it’s a vicious cycle.”, Wilson Cruz, Rosario Dawson, Diane Guerrero (
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