Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with Christopher J. Rodriguez

Christopher J. Rodriguez

In this profile series, Revry is highlighting authentic contributors to the LGBTQ media and entertainment community. We ask questions to find out who they are and where they are going in the future. Revry celebrates the spirit of the Latinx community during Hispanic Heritage Month and in this creator profile, we ask some additional questions in order to highlight the unique perspective of Latinx creators. 

A producer and entertainment attorney with a background in reality television and digital media, Christopher received his bachelor degree in Political Science from UCLA in 2007. The recipient of the 2008 Scholar’s Award to Loyola Law School, Christopher went on to graduate with his Juris Doctorate degree in 2011.

Christopher possesses wide-ranging experience in reality television production and has acted as legal counsel on a myriad of award-winning shows including Shark Tank, Deadliest Catch, Jay Leno’s Garage, The People’s Choice Awards, and Storage Wars. Having represented web television content creators and produced festival-featured digital media productions, Christopher brings his wealth of knowledge in the digital space to Revry as a co-founder and the Chief Business Officer.

What does Hispanic Heritage Month mean to you?

It is a wonderful opportunity to remind me to take a beat and remember where I come from. Heritage is a thing that is too often taken for granted especially in such a homogenized culture: it seems like all Americans do the same things: watch all the same movies, consume all the same products, use the same tech, eat all the same foods. But we know that what makes us such an interesting country is how different we are and how these different perspectives enrich us as a whole. This is why it is nice to highlight some of these different cultural perspectives with moments like these. It's good for all of us, not just those of us who are Latinx.

What kind of stories do you feel still need to be highlighted for the queer Latinx community?

I want to see more hispanic lawyers, doctors, dentists, and other industry professionals being depicted in TV and film. Incidental representation (where the culture of the character is a background characteristic and not the focus of the story) can be as important as stories that delve deeply and directly into cultural issues. 

What advice would you give to your younger self?

Haha! Great question. I would direct my younger self to a quote from one of my favorite inspirational songs from the late 90s, "Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen)": "Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know, still don't.”