About us
Yo Soy Collective provides a platform for creatives from Latin America to break creative boundaries. Since 2018, Yo Soy has been centring Latin American creative voices and curating projects for artists to create, connect and celebrate culture.
Committed to values of courage, nourishment and experimentation, Yo Soy creates a space where ancestral magic intersects with contemporary cultural practice.
Ruby
Ruby-Rose Pivet-Marsh is a writer, producer and arts worker living and creating on unceded Wurundjeri land. Ruby is currently the Artistic Director and co-CEO of Emerging Writers’ Festival and is a co-founder of the Latinx arts collective, Yo Soy.
Jess
Jess Ibacache is an artist, writer, educator and arts worker living on Wurundjeri Country. She is passionate about supporting artists and communities to advocate for themselves, harness creative expression and tell their stories their way.
Ana Maria
Ana Maria Gomides is an Afro-Brasileira storyteller currently existing as a settler on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung country. Through a variety of mediums and genres, her work is both reflexive & reflective of experiences regarding race, migration, trauma, disability, queerness, etc. Mostly she writes about how awesome her ma is.
Natalie
Natalie Estay Valenzuela is a multimedia artist whose practice lies in dichotomous identity and preserving cultural memory. Born and raised in Perth, Western Australia to Chilean immigrants, Natalie’s Latina(x) identity inspires her to explore these themes through mark making, shape, colour, and contrasts.Her art is an eclectic collection of textiles, design, photography and paper works that have a handmade element and are constructed with a mindful approach.
Patty
Patty Abalos is an experienced arts worker, with a background in eCommerce, social media, and digital marketing. She manages marketing & social media for Yo Soy. As a first-generation Australian, her Chilean roots are strong (as is her love for sopaipillas). She loves a meme and curating playlists, you'll find her covering socials for Yo Soy at our events.
DENISSE
Denisse Sandoval is a Chilean woman who grew up in New York. She began her art journey during the pandemic lockdown in Melbourne as a healing practice. She grew up hearing stories about dictatorships and coup d'etats from her own family and from her other Latin American friends in her home town of Brentwood, New York. She's lived in Melbourne for over ten years and has a little girl.