Celebrate Latinx Heritage Month at the annual Take the Lead Reception, featuring Kat Lazo.

Kat Lazo is a director, producer and host. The Colombian-Peruvian New Yorker has made a name for herself as the Internet's favorite no-nonsense Latina who tells it how it is - in front of and behind the camera.

She transitioned her popularity as a YouTuber into a thriving career as a video producer. With more than seven years of digital video production experience, her work has been featured in The Daily News, Huffpost, Latina Magazine and Buzzfeed, just to name a few. And as a host Kat has worked and partnered with the likes of U by Kotex, Thrillist and Bustle.

As a video producer for the Latino digital platform Mitú, she's most known for her series - "The Kat Call." She developed and hosted "The Kat Call" series, where she debunked taboos and misconceptions about the Latino community. Within three seasons, the series has garnered more than 15 million views.

Most recently Kat has worked as the associate producer on a feature documentary about Reggaetón by Mass Appeal.