Isela Xospa is Nahua, originally from Milpa Alta, and is a freelance illustrator, designer and editor. She studied Graphic Communication Design with a specialization in animation at UAM Xochimilco.
She currently directs Ediciones XospaTronik, a project that emerges as a self-managed and independent publishing house that deals with themes and characters from Milpa Alta, a Nahua region south of Mexico City.
Her work tries to summarize the search and reunion with her own culture, which was stigmatized and that grandparents stopped sharing with the new generations.
Revitalizing the Nahua component is an essential part of Isela's work and identity, because in her opinion, this origin is the one that far from being left behind gives her cultural advantages that she uses as an influence.
Latest posts by Isela Xospa
Latin America ends the year with rock ‘n’ roll, salsa, and ballads — listen to how its music captures the spirit of the season
Listen to these varied songs from Latin America to celebrate the Christmas season and bid farewell to the old year.
The Mexican indigenous artists who are defying labels and stereotypes
"For us, the International Day of Indigenous Peoples is not a celebration of labels, customs or exoticisms, it is a day that must acknowledge the systematic attempt to erase us."
