Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/julissa-calderon/ Our Thing Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:20:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/julissa-calderon/ 144 144 10 Gifts for Your Partner, According to Julissa Calderon https://remezcla.com/features/culture/10-gifts-for-your-partner-according-to-julissa-calderon/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 22:35:57 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?post_type=re_features&p=381985 In this series actress, writer, director, and entrepreneur Julissa Calderon, best known for playing Yessika Castillo on Gentefied, discusses her holiday picks for different moments – and people you might be thinking of getting a gift for this Christmas. Whether it’s your loved one, your partner, or you just want a Secret Santa gift, Calderon

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]]> header-julissa-calderon-guide-4 Art by Stephany Torres 10 Gifts for Your Secret Santa, According to Julissa Calderon https://remezcla.com/features/culture/10-gifts-for-your-secret-santa-according-to-julissa-calderon/ Fri, 13 Dec 2024 21:30:06 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?post_type=re_features&p=381864 In this series actress, writer, director, and entrepreneur Julissa Calderon, best known for playing Yessika Castillo on Gentefied, discusses her holiday picks for different moments – and people you might be thinking of getting a gift for this Christmas. Whether it’s your loved one, your partner, or you just want a Secret Santa gift, Calderon

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]]> Julissa Calderon in Secret Santa gift-guide Art by Stephany Torres 10 of the Best Self-Care Gifts, According to Julissa Calderon https://remezcla.com/features/culture/10-of-the-best-self-care-gifts-according-to-julissa-calderon/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 11:49:51 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?post_type=re_features&p=381188 In this series actress, writer, director, and entrepreneur Julissa Calderon, best known for playing Yessika Castillo on Gentefied, discusses her holiday picks for different moments – and people you might be thinking of getting a gift for this Christmas. Whether it’s your loved one, your partner, or you just want a Secret Santa gift, Calderon

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]]> header-10-best-selfcare-gifts Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla 10 Gifts to Give Your Loved Ones, According to Julissa Calderon https://remezcla.com/features/culture/julissa-calderon-gift-guide-holidays/ Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:24:17 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?post_type=re_features&p=380921 In this series actress, writer, director, and entrepreneur Julissa Calderon, best known for playing Yessika Castillo on Gentefied, discusses her holiday picks for different moments – and people you might be thinking of getting a gift for this Christmas. Whether it’s your loved one, your partner, or you just want a Secret Santa gift, Calderon

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]]> header-10-best-selfcare-gifts-1 Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla Julissa Calderon Writes Powerful Oprah Mag Op-Ed on Latinos & Black Lives Matter https://remezcla.com/film/julissa-op-ed-oprah-magazine-blm/ Thu, 18 Jun 2020 15:44:12 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=281863 “Many Latinos are Black, and we cannot continue to deny our Blackness.” For actress Julissa Calderon, that’s a key fact that needs to be made central in all discussions of the Black Lives Matter movement’s intersection with the Latinx community. Allyship from Latinos needs to come from the acknowledgment that many Dominicans, Mexicans, Colombians, Brazilians

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]]> Netflix Presents The Premiere Of GENTIFIED Season 1 Julissa Calderon. Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for Netflix. Netflix’s ‘Gentefied’ Will Return for a Second Season https://remezcla.com/film/netflix-gentefied-renewed-s2/ Tue, 19 May 2020 17:15:01 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=280586 The news many of us have been hoping for has arrived: Netflix’s Gentefied will be returning for a season two with eight new episodes. The show has been renewed just three months after season one premiered. The cast of the show revealed the news on Monday by remixing the #DontRush TikTok challenge, but instead they

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]]> Gentefied Julissa Calderon 'Gentefied.' Photo credit: Kevin Estrada/Netflix. “Read a damn book! Dance naked!” ‘Gentefied’s Julissa Calderon On What To Do While In Self-Isolation https://remezcla.com/features/film/self-care-julissa-calderon/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:32:17 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_features&p=278661 We’re all in this together. As we settle into self-distancing, many of us have to learn how to navigate our daily lives in an unprecedented way. Self-Care is an ongoing series where we’ll chat with some of our favorite artists, creatives and other inspiring experts in their fields about how they’re navigating this moment. On

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]]> header-julissa-selfcare Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla. Photo credit: Paola Trusendi. Why the ‘Gentefied’ Creators Re-Wrote an Afro-Latina Character for Actress Julissa Calderon https://remezcla.com/features/film/julissa-calderon-afro-latina-gentefied/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 19:37:51 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_features&p=277054 Gentefied creators were intent on casting a Los Angeles-born actress to play Yessika Flores—the 23-year-old Afro-Latina activist who is Ana Morales’ love interest on the show. Authentic representation was key. But, that all changed when Julissa Calderon stepped into the room to read for Yessika. As co-creator Marvin Lemus told Remezcla back at Sundance, every casting

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]]> Netflix Presents The Premiere Of GENTIFIED Season 1 Julissa Calderon. Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for Netflix. The Cast & Crew of ‘Gentefied’ Explain What ‘Gentefication’ Means To Them https://remezcla.com/lists/film/gentefied-red-carpet-gentefication/ Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:41:06 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_guides&p=276783 There is one word you should be adding to your vocabulary after watching Netflix’s new bilingual comedy Gentefied: “gentefication.” The concept, which gives Marvin Lemus and Linda Yvette Chavez‘s Boyle Heights-set show its name, has been slowly making its way to the mainstream. In essence, it’s a variation on gentrification but with very specific nods to

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]]> Netflix Presents The Premiere Of GENTEFIED Season 1 Director Marvin Bryan Lemus, J.J. Soria, Karrie Martin, America Ferrera, writer Linda Yvette Chavez, Annie Gonzalez, producers Monica Macer and Charles D. King attend the premiere of Netflix's 'Gentefied.' Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for Netflix.