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Vladimir De Jesus Santos is a Salvadoran-American “rocker foo” from Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA. He’s worked as a Cinematographer/Editor for the past decade, focusing on documentaries, short horror films, low budget music videos, and in 2019, he started his own podcast, “Ey, Foo You A Rocker?” which discusses the intersection between race and identity around extreme music in the hood. He’s interested in writing about culture, transnational politics, and his local taco spot.

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One of L.A. TACO&#8217;s co-founders, Hadley Tomicki is a writer and editor on food, travel, and culture whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, UrbanDaddy, High Times, and many other places.

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Lynn Q. Yu is a food and culture writer based out of Los Angeles. You can find her on social media @lynnqyu.

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Professional punk and Editor-In-Chief for James Beard Award-winning L.A. TACO. Associate Producer for JBA-winning Las Crónicas Del Taco. Former restaurant scout for Jonathan Gold. Co-author of &#8220;Oaxaca: Home Cooking From the Heart of Mexico (2019, Abrams) and &#8220;Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling&#8221; (2023, Abrams).

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Half Ounce, Inglewood Rap Artist, UPS Employee and Father of Three, Shot and Killed In Koreatown