Chris “L7” Cuadrado is a Xicanoriqueño writer, visual & multimedia artist, youth educator, & cultural organizer from Inglewood, CA, working in the Mission. Chris works in the political traditions of oppressed peoples, seeking to challenge, dismantle, and heal from legacies of conquest through cultural work as resistance. Chris attended UCSC where he majored in Latin American Latino Studies, participated in creative arts, and was an organizer in several on campus student-led efforts for Critical Race & Ethnic Studies. Currently he works in the Mission District with youth of color, using music and art to engage the community.