Lit & Luz Team

 

Sofía Gabriel,
MAKE Literary Productions, Executive Director

Esteban King
Co-Artistic Director CDMX

Angelica Julia Dávila
Lit & Luz Book Club Host

Daniel Borzutzky
Founding Artistic Director & Advisor

Frances Lee
MAKE Literary Productions Deputy Director

Zespo
Co-Artistic Director Chicago

Corrine Zahra
Communications Coordinator Chicago

John W. Bateman
Grants Director

Laura Martínez Terrazas

Laura Martinez Terrazas
2026 Lit & Luz CDMX Operations Director

Kost
Live Show Director &
Collaboration Cohort Coordinator

Mario Gastelum
Experience & Graphic Content Director

 
 

Lit & Luz is produced by MAKE Literary Productions, NFP

Lit & Luz Founder & Advisor: Sarah Dodson

Creative Director and Website Design: Bowen Welles

Emeritus:

Lit & Luz Book Club Founder and Literary Arts Director: Miguel Jiménez

Managing Director CDMX:  David Ruano 


MAKE Literary Productions Board of Directors:

Libia Bianibi
Board Member

Héctor García Chávez
Board Member

Sarah Dodson
Lit & Luz Founder & Advisor

Laurie Sartain
Board Member

Kamilah Foreman
MAKE Literary Productions Board Chair

 

Libia Bianbi, Deputy Director, Building Equity and Alignment for Environmental Justice

Sarah Dodson, Associate Director of Development, UIC College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts

Kamilah N. Foreman, Director of Publications and Editorial, Dia Art Foundation

Héctor García Chávez, Ph.D., President, MAKE Literary Productions; Director, Women and Gender Studies, Loyola University Chicago

Laurie Sartain, Executive Director, MAKE Literary Productions


Advisory Council

Jessica Anne

Daniel Borzutzky

Joel Craig

Antonio Díaz Oliva

Héctor Garcia Chavez

Rachel Galvin

Amanda Goldblatt

Kathleen Rooney