STORYTELLING
FOR SOCIAL CHANGE.

Pueblo Studio partners with Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (QTBIPOC) and other communities who have been—and continue to be—marginalized, to preserve, uplift, and activate collective memory.

Through storytelling projects, photography, audio documentation, and curation we illuminate the visions and voices that shape our shared futures. Our work supports communities in influencing planning, policy, and cultural strategy toward liberation and justice.

We also offer workshops in justice-centered storytelling, inviting participants to explore how the storytelling process can be rooted in repair, relationship-building, reciprocity, and respect.

Together, we create spaces where stories are shared to remember what has been and imagine what can be — transforming memory into strategy and vision into action for futures rooted in justice, connection, and care.

 

Our Partners

 

Kind Words

 
Kind Words

“Pueblo Planning is my all-time favorite firm to collaborate with. Not only is Pueblo excellent at what they do – incredibly thoughtful, authentic, reciprocal, and creative research and engagement – but they elevate and empower the entire project team. In working on the West Hollywood Climate Action and Adaptation Plan with Monique and their team, I found myself looking forward to receiving Pueblo’s reports and presentations. Not only did I know they would make our project a more inclusive and impactful endeavor, but I also personally learned a great deal on how to become a better informed and more intentional practitioner. Our entire team felt compelled to meet Pueblo Planning’s standard of excellence; I cannot recommend them highly enough.”

Christopher Rhie, CEM, EcoDistricts AP, ENV SP, LEED AP ND
Associate Principal
Buro Happold | Cities

“Working with Pueblo Planning has been an incredibly meaningful learning experience. I'm grateful that such an intentional and democratic resource exists to support planning in culturally rich communities like City Heights. Their team not only convenes and listens to stakeholders but is also representative of the diversity of the neighborhood, adding credibility to their community driven processes. I look forward to continued collaborations!”

María Silva
Director of Neighborhood and Community Engaged Partnerships
Mulvaney Center for Community, Awareness and Social Action
University of San Diego

“Pueblo Planning greatly elevated the way West Hollywood curated and designed its engagement process for frontline communities for our WeHo Climate Action project, with specific attention given to the indigenous peoples in our region. Monique instilled and integrated Pueblo’s philosophy of Relationships, Repair, Reciprocity, and Respect into a multifaceted, yet targeted, approach to outreach, all while reimagining safe, careful, and thoughtful methods to endeavor during the 2020 pandemic. Never before has WeHo staff learned so much from a community planning process. Monique’s efforts fully enriched the outcome of our Climate Action and Adaptation Plan and will have deeply impactful and transformative effects for years to come. Any jurisdiction looking to apply a creative, considerate, and equity-centered ethos to their planning process would benefit greatly from partnering with Pueblo Planning.”

Robyn Eason, AICP
Senior Sustainability Planner
City of West Hollywood

"Pueblo Planning did an amazing job with the City of Long Beach's Digital Inclusion Roadmap design and community engagement process. Monique and the team worked closely with local community partners to ensure we engaged communities that were most impacted by the digital divide in Long Beach. Their approach centered inclusivity, intentionality, equity and most importantly community voices. Using art-making and storytelling with community was a creative way to share our City's collective vision for digital equity and inclusion."

Rebecca F. Kauma, MPA
Economic and Digital Inclusion Program Manager
City of Long Beach

“Pueblo Planning brings exceptional community listening skills to the field. Utilizing on-the-ground research, combined with truly participatory activities, Pueblo Planning facilitates and develops creative and implementable civic solutions that solve community, policy, social, and planning issues.”

Randy Torres-Van Vleck, MPA
Director of Policy & Planning
City Heights Community Development Corporation

“Our economic recovery and resilience plan is truly a reflection of community voices. We can only say that with confidence because of Pueblo Planning – they took the extra time and care to connect with and listen to the stories of residents, business owners, and other community stakeholders, and made sure that their concerns and ideas shaped the strategies outlined in the plan. We were thrilled with both the process and the result and we look forward to future collaboration with Pueblo Planning.”

Avital Aboody, MA
Program Officer
LISC San Diego | Local Initiatives Support Corporation