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About this Session: 

For the last session of GARE’s Summer Series, we turned up the volume and dove deep into the already groundbreaking legacy of Bad Bunny and his rise to headline the Super Bowl and become the first artist to transcend mainstream music’s English language barrier, all while building a discography that embraces Puerto Rican (and pan-Latine) heritage and confronts the legacies of colonialism that are still pervasive today.

Moderator: Andrea Pérez-Maikkula (she/her/ella), Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB), Minnesota State Retirement System

• Andrea Pérez-Maikkula (she/her/ella) is a multilingual DEI practitioner with eighteen years of experience in intercultural facilitation, community engagement, and international community development, particularly in Haiti, where she focused her work on ecological sanitation. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, she currently serves as the Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) at a State of Minnesota agency, is the Champion for the Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color (BIWOC) Employee Resource Group (ERG) enterprise-wide, and was appointed by Governor Walz to the One Minnesota Council on Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity. Andrea also serves as the Chair of the Human Rights Commission at the City of Brooklyn Park. Andrea holds a bachelor’s degree in business law and music business from the University of Miami and a master’s degree in public health from the University of Puerto Rico.
• Andrea's Links:
  • www.APracticeMindset.com
  • apracticemindset@gmail.com
  • linkedin.com/in/andreaperezmaikkula

When: Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Videos played during the session:

• • NUEVAYoL (Video Oficial)

  • DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Short Film) 

  • SuperBowl Halftime Show

  • Una Velita

Books!

• • https://www.maiasherwood.com/el-abc-de-dtmf

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