Shirley Rodriguez brings twenty years of experience in media production to her role as President & Creative Director of "Create the Remarkable", a New York-based, minority owned production company. With "Create the Remarkable", Shirley has been able to combine her joy for storytelling, her attention to detail and imagery, her background in marketing, and her history in community-organising to create media that has an impact. She is an award-winning photographer and was selected as one of 10 artists commissioned to produce a mini-documentary for The Small Business In America series.

Shirley's photography: https://shirleyrodriguezphotography.com

Create the Remarkable: https://www.createtheremarkable.com

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From our conversation:

Philippa Schuyler Middle School: https://philippaschuyler383.org

About "A Puerto Rican in New York, and Other Sketches", by Jesús Colón: https://read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article/42/3/447/159981/A-Puerto-Rican-in-New-York-and-Other-Sketches

The "Latin Explosion": https://www.grammy.com/news/1999-year-latin-pop-conquered-america

LatiNatural: https://shirleyrodriguezphotography.com/latinatural-1

"Pablo-matic: Picasso According to Hannah Gadsby" -- Exhibition about Picasso at the Brooklyn Museum: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/its_pablo_matic_picasso_according_to_hannah_gadsby

Free Money Day: https://freemoneyday.org/

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Express Change is hosted and produced by Marina Gattás and Martin Oetting, with the team at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance. Find out more at https://weall.org and https://martinoetting.com