Logo for Papa Ya Collective with text in bold cream color on a black background.

Essays on culture, design, and commerce
— through a Latino Caribbean lens

Two tropical flowers, one orange and pink hibiscus and one pink and white plumeria, isolated on black background.

SEMILLAS BLOG

READ SEMILLAS
Papaya with black seeds, two postage stamps from India and Puerto Rico, a pink flower, green palm leaves, and a small Puerto Rican flag.

culture
+ community

A creative collective exploring Latino and Caribbean culture through design, brand, and commerce — who shapes it, who profits from it, and how we return authorship to the communities who built it. Part research, part critique, part creative diary. Written by a design director who has spent over a decade inside the industry — and is reclaiming her roots.

Conceived while reconnecting in Puerto Rico, January 2025.

ABOUT