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Press kit
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RV Mendoza at a glance
RV Mendoza is a Detroit-based content creator and storyteller making funny, thoughtful social stories about culture, food, technology, identity, and everyday life.
- Based in
- Detroit, Michigan
- Work
- Content creator and storyteller
- Press contact
- hello@rvmendoza.com
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Short bio
RV Mendoza is a Detroit-based content creator and storyteller whose work finds the funny, sharp, and unexpectedly honest parts of everyday life. RV creates social content about culture, food, technology, identity, and connection, and collaborates with brands on stories made to feel native to the audience.
Full bio
RV Mendoza is a Detroit-based content creator and storyteller working across comedy, identity, Filipino and Asian American culture, queer life, food, technology, travel, self-awareness, and connection. The work includes social content, writing, and brand collaborations shaped for the audience with structure, intention, and a reason to exist. Experience as a software engineer and in design-systems roles also brings systems thinking, accessibility, and technology literacy to the creative process.
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Topics and interviews
For interviews, panels, podcasts, or contributed commentary, these are the subjects closest to RV’s work.
- Creator partnerships and social storytelling
- Comedy, culture, identity, and everyday life
- Filipino and Asian American culture
- Queer life and self-awareness
- Food, travel, and consumer behavior
- Technology, accessibility, and design systems
Partnership resources
For the dated audience snapshot, campaign examples, and creator partnership details, visit Work With Me or use the current media kit.
Coverage and appearances
A selection of reporting, interviews, and public appearances featuring RV Mendoza.
- ScalableExclusive: Meta taps Instagram exec to lead EditsMarch 31, 2026
- Bilyonaryo News ChannelVlogger dares social media to 'Just Do It Fat'February 3, 2025
- SPOT.ph'Just Do It Fat': This Filipino Content Creator Is Causing Ripples with Empowering MessageA feature on RV's call to stop waiting for a future version of yourself.January 27, 2025
- ClickOnDetroitDetroit officials, content creators face uncertainty as Supreme Court upholds TikTok banJanuary 17, 2025
- Outlier MediaTikTok ban: How Detroit content creators are affectedJanuary 15, 2025
- Teen VogueWhy This Influencer Wants You to "Just Do It Fat" In 2025An interview about the "Just Do It Fat" message.January 10, 2025
- Detroit Free PressA celebration of BeyoncéJuly 26, 2023
- Detroit Free PressBeyoncé is coming to Detroit: Where to find concert outfits, activitiesJuly 21, 2023
- WDET 101.9 FMMetro Detroit Concerts: RV Mendoza's THAW, Indie Rock and Singer-SongwritersFebruary 21, 2020
- In the Heart StoriesRV Mendoza is becoming the adult that you've always needed growing upMarch 28, 2019
- WUSSY MagCool Queers: RV Mendoza on Filipinx Representation and ‘Weaponized Thiccness’November 28, 2018
- Tostada MagazineInspired By… RV Mendoza is the ‘queer you needed when you were younger’August 14, 2018
- Allied Media ProjectsAnnouncing Featured Speakers and Performers for the 20th Annual Allied Media ConferenceMay 10, 2018
- Hip in DetroitWin Tickets to Thaw Out with RV Mendoza this FridayJanuary 2018
- Detroit Free PressFlint Eastwood eager to make some fresh connectionsApril 12, 2017
- CreativeMornings/DetroitRV Mendoza | CreativeMornings/DetroitAugust 19, 2016