INTRODUCING JEZENIA ROMERO

A warm welcome to our new Administrative and Outreach Fellow Jezenia Romero. Originally from Los Angeles, CA and recently relocated to Philadelphia from New York City, Jezenia joins us from a background in fine arts fabrication, independent music label production, publishing, design, and sculpture. Her projects include music, performance, sculpture, self-published artist books, and a cassette tape music label established in 2013. In addition to her art and music practice, Jezenia has also taught welding training and metal works in partnership with the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. She has also taught and designed DIY music production workshops with non-profit music, art and mentoring organizations in New York and Los Angeles. Recent work includes the development and implementation of a Virtual Welding Simulation course for incarcerated folks at Riker's Island in New York City. Since coming to Philadelphia, she's been working on releasing an EP with a new two-piece band and a documentary film about the 2019 Lower East Side Manhattan float parade performed by the collective "COQUETA".