Lamar Bailey Karamañites is a Panamanian filmmaker, educator and an activist in the Afro-Panamanian social movement.
[3][4] She graduated from the Centro de Estudios Afrolatinoamericanos (ALARI) through the Hutchins Center at Harvard University.
In May 2022 Karamañites participated in Afrodiastories alongside filmmaker and historian Dash Harris Machado.
Afrodiastories was a radio project through NPR and LAist Studios's audio lab, Oye: The Lab for Latinx Creators, with the goal of promoting the full inclusion of Afro-Panamanians into the national narrative of Panamanian identity by highlighting the achievements of the Afro-Panamanian youth.
[9] Through UNARC, Karamañites is a part of the Implementation Team for the Decade of People of African Descent in Spain 2015-2024.