LEADING 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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Pratt Institute of Art And Design - New York, NY
Associates of Applied Arts & Sciences 2015
Graphic Design & Illustration
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Marymount Manhattan College - New York, NY
Bachelor’s of Arts in Communications 2018
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
REEL
A&R
Perreo 101 Instrumental Album (for your 2025 Latin GRAMMYS consideration) 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.
Social Media Management
Branding + Design + Publicity
Consulting + Strategy
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
Freelancer at Rolling Stone, BIG Cartel, PAPER, Complex, Remezcla
Remote October 2021 to 2023
Interview story subjects
Conceptualize and execute high quality writing
Turn in stories under a 24 hour turn around
CURATOR
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
PANELS
BIME: COLOMBIA, U.S. EDITORIAL LANDSCAPE Moderated by Loren Guerra’23
CULTURECON Twitter Creators Moderated by Godis Rivera’22
NYLATINOFILMFESTIVAL CURATING THE DIGITAL SPACE’24
SOUNDCLOUD Moderated by Jenni Mota’24
JACKDANIELS Moderated by Paulina Roe ‘20
LATINOGANG Moderated by Kat Lazo’19
& So many more… (FYI I need to go back and write them all down, more than 100 over these past 8 years)
LIVE TAPING
Perreo 101 At 2023 Tribeca Film Festival the first time Reggaeton was featured in the iconic festival.
References: Available Upon Request