Filter By & Members

FILTER BY: users can filter by discipline–to narrow down their search–, location–if they're looking for someone local or interested in someone from a specific city–, nationality–if looking to hire a lettering artist for a big client project with Ecuador or Dominican Republic origins–, and gender pronoun–if in need to highlight women of color or gender non-conforming individuals for a project or podcast episode.

MEMBERS: hovering over a member's name reveals their bio, nationality, current role, where they're based in, link to a portfolio site, and Instagram.

Editorial & Quote Hover States

DITORIAL HOVER: hovering over an editorial feature reveals bold shapes, ranging from dominoes to arrow, to help draw the user's eye to the directory's original editorial content.
QUOTE HOVER: hovering over a member quote reveals vibrant, playful shapes.

Editorial Features

I expanded the directory to include editorial features of members to highlight the professional contributions the Latinx community is bringing to the design and tech discourse. For the debut, I wrote about why I created the directory, and I interviewed Colombian graphic designer and illustrator, Katty Huertas, about Colombian folk stories and magic realism.

Design System

Along the way, I established and maintained a design system for this directory in which I created a dedicated Figma file that houses all the latest versions of the directory UI.

“Digital Opening”

Two weeks before our grad show, MICA was forced to close, cancel all campus events, and transition to a virtual format, due to COVID-19 and the unforeseen pandemic. Although I wasn't able to exhibit the way I wanted, I tried an alternative – a "digital opening." My version of that was going on Instagram Live to talk about the directory, my inspiration behind it, why I did it, and what the response has been since launching, as well as answering questions from viewers.

The Response

I hoped for a positive response and appreciation from my immediate community, but I could never have imagined the amount of support I received on launch day. I was accepting applications from creatives I've admired from afar, words of encouragement and admiration for the directory from people I'd never met before, and messages from people telling me how important this work is to the Latinx community. What I felt then and now is pure gratitude and a sense of hope that this community will continue to expand and flourish.

A quote from one of our directory members that beautifully captures being both a designer and a Latinx.