Stefano Castro

Stefano Castro is a Colombian- American photographer, filmmaker and digital artist based in the NYC/ NJ area. In 2021, he graduated with a BA from Wesleyan University where he majored in Film Studies and minored in 3D Design. Castro was awarded a National Geographic Young Explorer Grant in 2022 to create and facilitate a Latine community artist and archive program called El Parque Collective (EPC). Through his community art initiatives, Castro was named a grand jury member for the  United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Plural Plus Youth Film Festival. 

Castro was first introduced to visual arts through his mother, who has a passion for cameras and expanding their family archive, and his father, who was a painter before immigrating to America. While analyzing their work, Castro noticed themes of grief, gender, immigration, and familial memory. His work, which is an exploration of his relationship to identity, heritage, and generational trauma, offer Castro a means to contextualize his familial experiences and eternalize formative memories that continue to shape who he is. Through his artistic practice, Stefano aims to facilitate spaces of healing for him, his family, and other Latine people who can relate to their experiences.