HBO Max Pa’lante University Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

Pa’lante! University, was an all-day event designed to educate Latin Culture; an event that feature panels, music from the top Latines who represent the spirit of the Pa’lante! movement.

The Pa’lante! idea is to portray the modern Latin Culture. The event had everything from the business of fashion, roundtable and improv comedy to discuss some of the pressing topics right now about Latin/Hispanic identity.

Featured speakers included: activist Xiuhtezcatl, comedian Aida Rodriguez, Bella Doña’s Lala Romero, Camila Romero (contestant on Max Original “The Hype”), Leiomy Maldonado (Max Original “Legendary”), model/activist Carmen Carrera, podcast producer and Locatora Productions co-founder Mala Muñoz, California Love podcast host and the New York Times journalist Walter Thompson-Hernandez, Casa Mija & Solidarity for Sanctuary Founder Doris Muñoz, The Girl Mob founder Yari Blanco, comedians Gadiel del Orbe, Erik Rivera, Raiza Licea, Oscar Montoya, Tony Rodriguez, Carlos Santos, Orlando Leyba and more.

The program culminated with a special music performance from Snow Tha Product.

Jessica Vargas, Multicultural Marketing Director at HBO Max and HBO had a very powerful quote: “We were HBO Latino for a very long time. We just changed our names, we rebranded, got a little more coqueta, and now we’re HBO Max Pa’lante! And the goal of our programming is to elevate Latinos in front, behind and on the side of HBO Max programming. And not just Latino programming — we watch ‘Game of Thrones,’ we watch ‘John Oliver,’ we watch ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and we want to elevate that programming too.”