Bella Canzano is a Phoenix-based Peruvian/Italian American artist skilled in singing, songwriting, and illustration. She started her digital art project Abeja Blanca in 2019 to highlight self-love and Latinx identity, and the project has since grown to encompass art activism. Last July, we talked to Bella about what drives her art and music, from the excitement people experience when they see themselves as illustrations to her motivation to make art about issues of identity in the Latinx community as she works to find her place within that community.

Abeja Blanca website: https://www.abejablancaart.com/
Abeja Blanca Instagram: @abeja.blanca
Bella’s Instagram: @isabejita

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Thank you to our creative collaborator, Breakthrough (@breakthroughtv), a global human rights organization driving the culture change we need to build a world in which all people live with dignity, equality, and respect. Learn about Breakthrough’s culture-changing work at letsbreakthrough.org.

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Intro/outro music: Gardenias by Lincka (@linckamusic)
Other music, all promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com | Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
Bedtime After a Coffee and Un Cielo de Distancia by Barradeen | https://soundcloud.com/barradeen
Surface Level by Schematist | http://www.schematistmusic.com
Sand Castles by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com
Sunset Eyes by INOSSI | https://soundcloud.com/inossi