Erick Galindo
Erick Galindo is a five-time Telly Award-winning writer, director and producer known for The Mexican Beverly Hills; A Laker Life; On Life As A Freckle-Faced, Redheaded, Mexican American From Southeast Los Angeles; and Mis Angeles. Erick regularly writes about culture for LAist, NPR station LAist 89.3 (formerly KPCC) and The New York Times, and was the first managing editor of L.A. Taco, where his work won a James Beard Foundation award. His narrative directorial debut The Bubble Machine premiered at the Golden State Film Festival and was a semifinalist for the jellyFest award. His co-written pilot Hot in Carson was a finalist for the Black List's inaugural Latinx TV List and his audio documentary Early was a finalist for KCRW's Radio Race. In 2020, his dark comedy script Legends was selected for the NHMC Latinx Screenwriters Showcase.
Twitter: erickgeee
Instagram: erickgalindo
Website: thisfoo.com
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Our new season of our WILD podcast is a Southeast L.A. rom-com starring Melinna Bobadilla, Gabrielle Ruiz and Atsuko Okatsuka, hosted by Erick Galindo and Megan Tan. It's a movie for your ears. -
The ‘Jane the Virgin’ TV writer Rafael Agustin talks with Erick Galindo about his memoir "Illegally Yours" and about growing up undocumented in LA — with ampm burgers for dinner
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Here are just 18 of my favorite places to eat and visit from all over this sprawling metropolis.
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From Erick Galindo: I’m hopeful because they need us to be. And, if I’m being honest, I need us to be, too.
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It’s a show about origin stories. It’s about those moments that feel too big to overcome but somehow we manage.
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A classic song about holiday heartbreak and "the day that I lost you" brings back memories of bright Noche Buenas past -- and drives home the pain and loss that surrounds this present one.
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A cluster of luxury homes is slated to take over one of Northeast L.A.'s last remaining open spaces. And people in the community there don't want them.
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Walking around Plaza Mexico the other day, chatting people up about the 2020 Census, it became apparent pretty quickly that many people had completed the census already -- but many would not have without the urging of a census taker who went to their home.
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A fledgling Latino-owned start-up based out of Huntington Park has been giving away free home renovations to L.A.’s most marginalized residents with micro-donations raised online.
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The fledgling Latino-owned start-up Hood Renovationz has already raised thousands and is currently building collapsible desks for kids in the 'hood who don't have a dedicated space to attend school from home.
