Nina Linhales Barker is an LA-based Brazilian American writer and media researcher who grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Washington, DC. After getting her BA from Hampshire College (and studying abroad in Havana, Cuba), she graduated with a MA in media studies from The University of Texas at Austin in May of 2022. Her master’s thesis - inspired by her own lived experiences - focused on how ethnicity and nationality influence how Latinx viewers watch Latinx representation in English-language television. You can find her on Instagram and Twitter @ninabaeker.