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Yeimy Gamez Castillo (b. Laz Paz, Honduras 1997) is a multidisciplinary storyteller raised and based in the unceded lands of the Lenni-Lenape: current day Newark, NJ. A songwriter, poet, and music producer, her sonic and literary praxis are inspired by her queer and city-bound immigrant upbringing.

Her art is driven by an inquisition of the semantics and reimagining of language. Mixing and exploring her musical inspirations, from Sarah Vaughn to Selena Quintanilla, she uses multi-genre and experimental sounds to translate and transpire listeners into imagined worlds beyond identity and cultural lines.

Integrating Central American folklore and familial history, her work exists within the intersections of queerness, migrant identity, earthly kinship, and the continuous reclaiming of her family’s indigenous lineage.

She's co-founder of ImVisible, a community project devoted to empowering, reclaiming, and celebrating immigrant and undocumented narratives. Since 2018, the project has created public spaces, art and workshops centering advocacy  and education as a practice of healing and resistance.

Her latest self-produced single, available on all streaming platforms, Sueño Mojado  tells the story of forbidden undocumented love.

Notable Performances/Talks:

NPAC Leading Ladies Panel 22’
New Jersey Folk festival 2022
NJPAC Sounds of the City 2021
NJPAC Virtual Series 2020
So Far Sounds 2019
Lincoln Park Music Festival
18’ 19’
The Apollo Theatre 2017 


Press:
New York Times
Rutgers Scarlet Magazine
BBC News