About
Qué Onda Oaxaca

Qué Onda Oaxaca started from something simple: the need to know what's happening… and not finding it.

Events that exist but are hard to see. Spaces that persist but remain unnoticed. People creating meaningful things without visibility.

This project comes from curiosity, closeness, and the need to connect. Not as a showcase, but as a meeting point.

Behind this is me — Daryberto Canseco Cortés, known as Dary: a mechatronics engineer, Ayuuk from San Juan Juquila Mixes, Oaxaca. I sign as mish Dary — which in Ayuuk (Mixe) roughly means "the Dary", that Dary from the Mixe. Engineer by trade, but passionate about film, video, and a good party.

Above all, someone who believes culture shouldn't need to be filtered to exist.

My background is technical. I studied mechatronics engineering — a discipline that lives at the intersection of mechanics, electronics, programming, and systems thinking. It trained me to look at complex problems and find structured solutions.

But somewhere between circuits and code, I discovered something: the most interesting problems aren't always technical. Sometimes they're cultural. Sometimes they're social. Sometimes they're as simple — and as urgent — as: why can't I find out what's happening in my own city tonight?

Engineering gave me the tools. Oaxaca gave me the reason to use them differently.

Technically I was born in Santo Domingo Tehuantepec — my mother is from the Isthmus and that's where she gave birth to me. But from infancy I went to live in San Juan Juquila Mixes, the village where I grew up, where I lived, and where I learned Ayuuk until adolescence. After that, my family's love for my education took me elsewhere: religious boarding schools, seminaries, almost becoming a priest — and then leaving it all to study mechatronics engineering. And here we are.

I apply systems thinking to cultural projects. I use logic to build community spaces. I write code to give visibility to things that already exist but aren't seen. The discipline is the same — the output just looks different.

Cinema is one of them. Not just watching films, but understanding them — their language, their rhythm, their capacity to provoke thought and open conversations that wouldn't happen otherwise.

That passion led me to organize Cine Yëk Uk and Cine Poo — two free, open, and inclusive film clubs in Oaxaca. Yëk Uk brings independent and art-house cinema to the city. Cine Poo is rooted in Santa María Atzompa, a community on the outskirts of Oaxaca de Juárez, created to bring cinema closer to people who don't always have access to these spaces. Both are grassroots efforts — built with personal resources, alongside my sister and a small group of friends who believe that culture and critical thinking go hand in hand.

Language and human connection are another. I organize the Oaxaca Language Exchange by @luditalk — a bilingual community of locals and international travelers who meet weekly in Oaxaca to practice Spanish and English, share stories, and simply connect. No pressure. No filter. Just people.

Oaxaca itself is a passion. Its culture, its gastronomy, its festivities — Día de Muertos, Guelaguetza, the rituals of its villages.

Filmmaking and visual storytelling are the thread that runs through all of it. Through CreatioLab, my independent creative studio, I document Oaxaca — its people, its celebrations, its contradictions — in short documentary films, brand content, and cultural pieces. With a genuine interest in visual language and audiovisual storytelling, I work at the intersection of documentary filmmaking and community narratives.

Qué Onda Oaxaca is the place where all of this converges.

It's a digital platform for events, culture, gastronomy, and nightlife across Oaxaca — the city, the outskirts, and beyond. Built and maintained by Daryberto Canseco Cortés, it exists to solve a problem that still hasn't been fully solved: making visible what's already happening.

A museum, a local celebration, a mezcal tasting, a free film screening, a language exchange, a concert in someone's backyard — all of it matters. All of it is culture. None of it should require a filter to exist or be found.

The goal is simple: help someone discover something, connect with someone, or just have a good time in Oaxaca. Because enjoyment also matters.

This is mostly a solitary path — built with limited resources, a lot of conviction, and the support of a small community that believes in the same things. Any support helps keep the project alive and growing.

If you're a business, cultural space, or creator in Oaxaca looking for visibility — queondaoaxaca.com is your platform. If you're a traveler looking for what to do in Oaxaca today — you're already in the right place.