(Julia Mata / For De Los)
This comic is for the diaspora Salvis and navigating our complicated relationship with our familial homelands.
Julia Mata is a comic book author from Southern California with familial roots in Central America and the Eastern European Jewish Pale of Settlement. In her drawings and stories she centers nuanced narratives with space for joy, beauty and emotional growth.
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