Ignacio "Nacho" Nava

Ignacio Nava Jr. (1976 – January 19, 2019), also known as Ignacio "Nacho" Nava,

Early life and education A native of West Covina, California, Nava had three siblings, Robert Angel, Giovanni, and Vee Beltran. His parents were Ignacio Sr. Nava and Diana Mayer. He attended Basset High School in La Puente, where he initially discovered his passion for event planning as the school's yearbook photographer.

Notable projects and works

In 2007, Nava started off his most known work, Mustache Monday's, alongside Danny Gonzales, Josh Peace, Dino Dinco, and other friends. Their main goal was to create a tale of "queer nightlife done right" for non-white, non-cisgender, and all queer individuals excluded from venues of Hollywood and West Hollywood. With their vision, Nava created an agenda for brown queer and transsexual individuals to enjoy Mustache Monday's music, performances, DJ sets, light and set designs, as well as merchandise. Throughout the decade of Mustache Monday's parties, he also invited a variety of local artists who would design event fliers and/or exhibit their own art performances as shows for the night. For many, Nava was able to provide them a home beyond just a party, his call to celebrating intersectionality was for many a very "magical experience".

In 2008, he donated Mustache Monday's revenues to Los Angeles LGBT Center's Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic to help support HIV patients with their treatment expenses. by Rafa Esparza, Gabriela Ruiz, and others; located at the New Jalisco Bar in Downtown, Los Angeles. This artwork showcases LGBTQ+ historical resistance, communities of color, nightlife as an artistic expression form, all in unison with the impact Nava had on the queer Los Angeles community.

Death At the age of 42, on January 19, 2019, Nava passed away due to pneumonia.