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Denise Florez
California Editor
About
Denise Florez is the California editor at CALÓ News. She previously worked at the Los Angeles Times and the Press-Enterprise Spanish weekly La Prensa, now named Excélsior. Her work has appeared in Rolling Stone Mexico, Al Borde Magazine and was a collaborator in the Spanish book "Diccionario de Punk y Hardcore, España y Latino América." Denise was born in Mexico City in the borough of Xochimilco which means "where the flowers grow" in Nahuatl. Signal: denise.39
Accomplishments
- 2026 CCNMA Most Influential Latina Journalists in California recipient
- NAHJ2023 Steve Gonzales Photo Contest
Memberships
NAHJ: National Association of Hispanic Journalists
Self Help Graphics & Art (SHG) will hold a series of free art workshops starting on October 3 to honor our muertitos, ending with its 53rd…
Gibson Custom has partnered with the estate of Gustavo Cerati to unveil the Gibson Custom Gustavo Cerati ES‑335, a tribute to one of the most …
A fundraiser event on Sunday for Colombia will feature three live artists, two DJs and local Latino, Colombian and LA-based vendors.
The exhibit will present works by 13 photographers, tracing a trajectory of Mexican photography from the late 1920s to the mid-2010s.
Mexican American singer Cuco will judge a skateboard competition at the “Skate Around” event at Rowley Park in Gardena.
It wasn’t just Mexicans and Mexican Americans. In fact, all Latinos united for a few weeks during the World Cup against a team that many outsi…
In a viral video making the social media rounds, a fan sporting an Argentina shirt is heard yelling insults at another man wearing a Mexico sh…
The Pew Research Center conducted a survey in October 2025 where 61% of Latinos say being “Hispanic” or Latino is extremely important in their…