Meet the ¡Oye! Team
Modesto Flako Jimenez
Founder & Artistic Director
Modesto Flako Jimenez is a Dominican-born, Bushwick-raised theater maker, producer, and educator. Flako is best known for original productions and three signature festivals produced with his company, Oye Group. Flako has appeared in Early Shaker Spirituals (Wooster Group), Last Night At The Palladium (Bushwick Starr/3LD), Yoleros (Bushwick Starr/IATI theater), Conversations Pt.1: How To Make It Black In America (JACK), Take Me Home (3LD/Incubator Arts Project), Richard Maxwell’s Samara (Soho Rep.), and Kaneza Schaal’s Jack & (BAM). Modesto received the 2016 Princess Grace Award Honorarium in Theater. His current site-specific play, Taxilandia, is a NYT Critic’s pick.
Kevin Torres
Managing Director
Born and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey, Kevin Torres is a Media Specialist with 10 years of videography, photography, and media content experience. He is a graduate of New Jersey Institute of Technology, and received a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Torres has been with Oye Group since 2014 as videographer and Technical Director for various festivals and original productions such as; Conversation Pt 1: How to Make it in Black America (2015), Last Night at the Palladium (2016), & Oye for My Dear Brooklyn (2018).
Adriana Ascencio
General Manager
Adriana Ascencio is a Salvadoran American born and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, just outside of the D.C. area. She is currently residing in Brooklyn.
A graduate from Syracuse University, Adriana is a marketing, administrative, social media, and project management freelancer and an actor currently studying at Stella Adler Studio of Acting.
Tyler Diaz
Education Director
Tyler Diaz is born and raised in Queens, New York and is a composer, guitar player, and music instructor. A self-taught guitar player, he has worked in arts education as an administrator for the past five years in addition to performing in Lower Manhattan as a freelance guitarist. He studies at CUNY Hunter College and pursues research in African American music during the Antebellum Period in the United States and inclusionary music education practices.
Lluridia Jimenez
Marketing Manager
Lluridia Jimenez is a Chicana visual artist, performer, marketing freelancer, and is currently working towards becoming a graphic designer.
Born in Los Angeles, California, she has lived in New York for most of her life. Recently, she received her B.A. from CUNY Hunter College.
Towards the end of 2021, Jimenez joined Oye Group as their Marketing Associate.
