Paloma Abarca
KQED Contributor
Paloma Yaritza Abarca is a Live Event Producer and Digital Creator for KQED Live, our multiplatform live events program. She focuses on amplifying LGBTQIA and BIPOC voices and developing opportunities to showcase the diversity of the Bay's culture and history. She's produced three successful Latinx events: Hella Caffeinated con Pan, The Special: Vegan Food con Sazón, and Reclaiming Curanderismo, and was previously the Latinx Engagement Producer with KQED's Audience Development team. Paloma was a writer and Lead Content Specialist for the Dance Music Media and News company, EDM Maniac, has produced stories for KALW's award-winning news magazine Crosscurrents, and ran San Francisco State's events venue, The Depot.
