Paulina Chavez es una de las PODEROSAS

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00:00She was born in Mexico and she was raised in Brownsville, Texas, and she's a photographer

00:09whose work explores themes of joy and culture and belonging.

00:16Much of Hannah's work today is a reflection of her own search of belonging, and it's a

00:21fusion of Mexican and American experiences.

00:25And so she has so much pride in her work, and it's just such an honor to be able to

00:36work with her in the times that I have worked with her.

00:39She is very, she wants to stay connected to her roots and showcase that, and I think it's

00:47very beautiful.

00:49She has built this career for herself, and I mean, she deserves all the recognition in

00:58her hard work and her continuous effort to showcase our culture and our love for our

01:05people.

01:08She has really trailblazed everything, and she's just so wonderful, truly.

01:20We met at the latter part of COVID, and it was just one of those moments of just being

01:27in the right place, right time, and we connected through social media and a mutual makeup artist.

01:37She really has this vision, and it's beautiful just getting to work with her.

01:42It's so fun, it's just always a blast, and just seeing her mood boards, you definitely

01:51see the culture in it.

01:55The way that I show up for my community or my culture, it's very much in, I always go

02:03back to my grandma.

02:05There's so much of her that lives with me, especially, she always told me, you always

02:11have to wear earrings, you always have to wear a necklace, and you always have to wear

02:13rings, and you always have to wear your lipstick.

02:16That was always something that she taught me.

02:19Then when I was younger, I was like, no, I don't want that.

02:22Now that I'm older, I always have, these are my grandma's hoops.

02:28It's always something, especially in our food.

02:31I'm a big foodie, and so we, my sister, she, when my grandma was, in her last few months,

02:42she sat down with her and she made a recipe book, and that's something we always go back

02:48to.

02:49I see power in raising awareness for things that you're passionate about, and shedding

02:56light to other people to share their voices.

03:01I also think power, there's a lot of power in vulnerability and sharing all of our stories

03:06and our struggles.

03:09There's so many, I feel like there's so many different definitions for power, and it meets

03:15a little bit of something different to everybody.