Uzumaki Cepeda is a Dominican-American textile artist from NYC and during our interview, we talked about art, mental health, the internet, and the pros and cons of being Dominican.

Amanda SaviñónApril 13, 2022loyal nana innerviews, inner views, uuzumaki, uzumaki cepeda, art, artist, dominican artist, brooklyn, refinery29, faux furComment

GUINGUI PÉREZ, THE BORI BRAID GURU

Guingui Pérez is a hairstylist and artist, but I like to refer to her as the braid guru who has braided the likes of Michael B. Jordan, FKA Twig, and J. Balvin to name a few.

Amanda SaviñónDecember 26, 2021interview, innerviews, inner view, loyal nana inner views, loyal nana innerviews, guingui perez, amanda savinon, braids, new york city, strand addictComment

INNER VIEW WITH MATEO MORRISON

Award-winning, world-renowned Dominican post-war generational poet whose son is a 2020 Presidential Candidate in the Dominican Republic sat down with Loyal Nana for an Inner View at his home office in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Amanda SaviñónFebruary 16, 2020poetry, mateo morrison, dominican republic, presidential candidate, santo domingo, writers, post war generation poets, post war, milton morrison, loyal nana innerviews, inner views with loyal nana, inner views amanda savinon, interviews with amanda savinonComment

Inner Views with Justice Sonia Sotomayor

I am deeply grateful to have sat down with Justice Sonia Sotomayor last week in The Bronx for Loyal Nana’s Inner Views series, a one-on-one interview series featuring the modern day luminaries changing our cultural landscape.

Amanda SaviñónFebruary 17, 2019soniasotomayor, inner views, interview, amandasavinon, amanda savinon interview, loyal nana interview, loyal nana innerviews, thebronx, supremecourtjustice, supreme court, puerto rican, supreme court judgeComment