MJ Balvanera is a graphic designer based in Los Angeles, CA and CDMX, Mexico with a focus on brand and publishing.

Co—Conspirator Press, a Risograph Self Publishing Press by and for Marginalized Communities

Founder and Creative Director
Branding and publishing

The Women's Center for Creative Work hosts Co—Conspirator Press, a space for creating, designing, distributing, and producing feminist content through the radical practice of self publishing. Co—Conspirator Press only publishes work by women of color and non-binary people of color, or other marginalized communities.

As Design Fellow at WCCW (2017–2018), the space allowed for a personal project to be developed, which quickly grew into a press/publisher. All Co—Conspirator books are self published, riso printed in-house, and self distributed.

In 2021 I left Co—Conspirator Press to pursue other ventures, yet the press lives on through the Feminist Center for Creative Work.

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