Elíseo Equihua

Elíseo Equihua is a first generation, Chicanx artist, activist, model, actor and DJ from East Los Angeles. He is the first of his community to be featured in campaigns for brands including Fenty Beauty, Savage X Fenty, Doc Martens, and Adidas. During LatinX Heritage Month, Spotify spotlighted Equihua on a Times Square billboard for his work as a trailblazer for representation in the queer community.

How do you define beauty?

… as not only the shell we see, but as a special kind of ability to project something outward that lies within, something natural. I call this fierceness.