Nalani Hernandez-Melo is a multi-faceted artist, curator and healer. Her photography journey began at an arts high school and took a winding road through film, the early days of visual curation for social media, and editorial photography and videography. She shares how her love for her culture and community led her to found her own studio, Story and Image Studio, and to join the team as Gallery Director and Marketing Manager at Altura LA.    Links to Nalani's Work  Photography Website | https://nalanihmelo.com/ Studio Website | https://www.storyandimagestudio.com/ Personal IG | https://www.instagram.com/nalanihmelo/ Studio IG |  https://www.instagram.com/storyandimage/ Altura LA |  https://www.instagram.com/altura.la/ Connect to Our Latina Lens Newsletter | https://bit.ly/ollnewsfloInstagram | https://instagram.com/ourlatinalens Ourlatinalens.com | https://ourlatinalens.com Support OLL’s work: Buy Me a Cafecito ☕ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ourlatinalens Shop our Bookshop affiliate link with books by and about Latina Photographers | https://bookshop.org/shop/ourlatinalens Want to sponsor episodes of Our Latina Lens? Contact us at ourlatinalens@gmail.com Credits Produced, edited and hosted by Mónika Aldarondo-Lugo logo by Tumpa Mistrymusic by Mattijs Muller