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 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
