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16 WINTER 2025 Consciously Collective Consciously Collective The IATSE Latinx Caucus strives to be a support system for all Latinos working in the entertainment industry. Amid the social upheaval and isolation of the summer of 2020, Costumer Jen Martín had a vision: a place where Latinx entertainment industry workers could gather as a collective, representing the many voices, opinions, talents, and ideas that make up the Latinx community. Her union (IATSE 705) had just formed its first-ever Diversity Committee, and she found inspiration as fellow Local 705 members Brittny Chapman and Lynn Ollie started the F.A.B.R.I.C. Collective (Fighting for African American and Black Rights in Costumes). When she read an article about the recently formed LA Times Latino Caucus, the idea clicked into place: Martín decided to form the IATSE Latinx Caucus (ILC), an independent association of rank-and-file IATSE members who wanted to carve out a space of their own to come together for A C T I V I S M By Wendy Gough Soroka Jen Martín, wrapping out mens dress shoes on the Black Monday pilot. PHOTO: ALICE PICO