PIONEERING LATIN MUSIC + COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL
PUBLIC RECOGNITION
EDUCATION
KatELINA 'GATA’ ECCLESTON
Profiles in Harper’s Bazaar, LATIMES, PopSugar, Telemundo, Univision and many more etc
“She is the authority of the genre”–Harper’s Bazaar
“Culture Shifter of The Year”–Huffington Post
EXPERIENCE
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New York, NY
Associates of Applied Arts & Sciences 2015
Graphic Design & Illustration
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New York, NY
Bachelor’s of Arts in Communications 2018
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2D Animation (Certificate)
Stop Motion Animation(Certificate)
LECTURES: #PERREO101TOUR
2025 - Tego Calderon Syllabus (Online)
2025 - University of Santa Cruz
2025 - University of Arkansas
2025 - Boston University
2025 - Bard High School
2024 - Stanford University
2024 - LVMH: Louis Vuitton+Moet Hennessy
2024 - Gap Inc: Banana Republic, Loft.
2024 - UCSD
2024 - Bard High School
2024 - Boston University
2023 - Harvard University: Dr. Alan Pelaez Lopez
2023 - Santa Monica College
2023 - Bad Bunny Symposium
2023 - Perreo 101 at tRiBeCa Audio Festival
2023 - Google
2023 - NYU
2023 - Giphy
2023 - McMaster University
2023 - Ropes & Gray Law Firm
2022 - Harvard University
2022 - NYU: CLACS
2022 - Brooklyn College
2022 - Williams College
2021 - McMaster University
2021 - Fordham University
2021 - Smith College
2021 - Harvard University
TV PUNDIT
2025 - Univision: Analizando el Mediotiempo de Kendrick Lamar
2024 - CNN “The Latino Vote” with David Rind
2023 - (Profile) Univision: Conoce a Reggaeton Con La Gata con Borja Voces
2023 - ABC News: Latin Music Revolution on Hulu
2023 - Controversia de J. Balvin en Univision
2023 - El Fenomeno de Bad Bunny con Jorge Ramos
2022 - (Profile)TELEMUNDO: Historia de un Genero Controversial con Nanitzia Comparan
CURATOR(DSPS)
Check out my official playlists on TIDAL: QUE LO QUE, QUE BOLA, QUE XOPA, QUE LO QUE HAY
TIDAL: Caribbean Heritage Month 2024
SPOTIFY: Cultura 360 As seen on Spotify’s Homepage
AUDIOMACK: En La Mira
REEL
A&R
Perreo 101 Instrumental Album ft. Grammy Award Winning Pamela Velez and Randy Class, Multi-Platinum Award Winning Big Chriss Y Draco, Jaby Vibes and La Gata.
LOS RAKAS Grammy Nominated Duo in the HipHop/Afro House scenes.
LESTER REY A Non-Binary Puertorican Artist in the Alternative-Indie scene.
MUSAS Colombian-Argentine, Three Girl Sister Group in the Afrobeat scene.
GOLDENBOY NYC Dominican Artist in the “Urbano” scene.
MICHYMATA A Lesbian NYC Dominican Artist in the “House/Pop” scene.
NINO AUGUSTINE A Panamanian Artist in the AfroHouse Scene.
Owner/ Media Executive at Elumina Media
Remote 2014 - Present
Executive Produce Subsidiary Media Platforms Including:
Reggaeton Con La Gata, Perreo 101, Dimelo Cantando etc.
Limited Social Media Management
Branding + Design + Marketing
Client Services:
Consulting + Strategy
UX/UI
2D Animation
Executive Producer/Host of Reggaeton Con La Gata at iHeartPodcasts
Los Angeles, Remote 2025 - Present
Booking, Transcription, Film/Recording
Conceptualizing, Marketing of the long awaited Reggaeton Con La Gata podcast
Co-Executive Consultant at SB Projects
Los Angeles, CA 2023
Provide Culturally Savvy Expert Advice to assist in negotiations, artist relations, production, and high-pressure situations
Executive Consultant at Netflix,
Los Angeles, CA 2021-2023
Provide creative direction in the writer’s room
Utilize research to direct
On-Camera Contributor at Telemundo
Remote 2022+2023
Conceptualize, film, produce high quality on-camera video contributions to RADAR Telemundo show
Consulting Producer at KEXP
Remote 2022
Conceptualize, Consult and assist in the production process of the “Sonidos Cancioneros” Podcast
Historian at Paramount Studios, MTV
Remote 2022
De La Calle: Educate Television Host Nick Barili & Staff of Socio-Cultural Parameters
Develop the conceptual framework of the docu-series
Lead Consultant, Associate Producer at Spotify + Futuro Studios
Remote 2021
LOUD Podcast: Provide first-hand accounts of Reggaeton History
Scratch Recording / Podcast Hosting
Transcript Writing
CURATOR(DSPS)
Check out my official playlists on TIDAL: QUE LO QUE, QUE BOLA, QUE XOPA, QUE LO QUE HAY
TIDAL: Caribbean Heritage Month 2024
SPOTIFY: Cultura 360 As seen on Spotify’s Homepage
AUDIOMACK: En La Mira
CURATOR(media)
REFINERY29: FASHION & REGGAETON
Remezcla’s Inaugural “Major Mujeres” List
COMMENTARY(PRESS)
2025 - THE LATINO NEWSLETTER
2025 - BAD BUNNY SYLLABUS AT YALE, NPR
2024 - CNN: ONE THING WITH DAVID RIND - THE LATINO VOTE
2023 - BBC NEWS W/ O’DONAGHUE GASOLINA’S INDUCTION
2023 - TIME MAGAZINE BAD BUNNY COVER
2021 - NYLON MAGAZINE: ROSALIA
2021 - NPR THE WEEKEND: LATINO SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM
PUBLIC SPEAKING/PANELS
2025 - ARQUITECTAS DEL RITMO: LATIN GRAMMYS
2024 - ADCOLOR X SIRIUS XM
2024 - NYLATINOFILMFESTIVAL CURATING THE DIGITAL SPACE
2024 - SOUNDCLOUD Moderated by Jenni Mota
2023 - BIME: COLOMBIA, U.S. EDITORIAL LANDSCAPE Moderated by Loren Guerra
2023 - BAD BUNNY SYMPOSIUM
2022 - CULTURECON Twitter Creators Moderated by Godis Rivera
2020 - JACKDANIELS Moderated by Paulina Roe
2019 - LATINOGANG Moderated by Kat Lazo
& So many more… (FYI I need to go back and write them all down, more than 100 over these past 8 years)
COMMUNICATION ARTS
LIVE TAPING
Perreo 101 At 2023 Tribeca Film Festival the first time Reggaeton was featured in the iconic festival.
BYLINES
AFRO-LATINO READER (AUTHOR) 2026
ROLLINGSTONE MAGAZINE
PAPER MAGAZINE
COMPLEX MAGAZINE
BIG CARTEL
EN LATINIDAD (EIC)
SCRIPTWRITING
2025 - HISTORY OF BUGALU
2025 - NPR: DEMBOW EPISODE
2021 - AFROPUNK
2021 - LOUD PODCAST
2020 - DIMELO CANTANDO PODCAST
2018 - PERREO 101 PODCAST
References: Available Upon Request