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							<title>Breastfeeding Didn&#8217;t Come Easily But I&#8217;m Proud I Persisted</title>
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															<description><![CDATA[I breastfed both of my kids for a year and though it wasn't without trials and obstacles to overcome,  it was all worth it. ]]></description>
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							<title>How My Kids and I Stay Connected to Our Puerto Rican Roots</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2024 00:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[With each generation of my family born and raised in the United States, it sometimes feel like we lose more and more of our Caribbean heritage.]]></description>
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							<title>When Mother&#8217;s Day Brings Both Gratitude &#038; Grief</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 20:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Mother's Day inevitably leads to feelings of grief after my mother's passing but also gratitude for the love and lessons.  ]]></description>
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							<title>I Am a Proud Afro-Latina But I Didn&#8217;t Grow Up Understanding Afro-Latinidad</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[The thing is most of us did not have the vocabulary to define or even articulate our racial makeup. ]]></description>
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							<title>Why As An Afro-Latina I Don&#8217;t Identify As African American</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 20:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, I’m the Blackest one in the room, so all eyes turn to me. But, it’s not my place. ]]></description>
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							<title>Argentine Cycling Instructor Camila Ramón is Empowering Latinxs in the Fitness Space</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 20:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[I had been taking Peloton class for a few weeks already when I finally discovered cycling instructor, Camila Ramón. It was the music that got me. The right music always motivates me and makes me keep moving even when I don&#8217;t want to. But the more of her reggaetón and dembow and merengue classes I]]></description>
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							<title>New York is Getting a Salsa Museum &#038; It&#8217;s About Time</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 18:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[While salsa music has roots in Africa and is a sound that originally came out of Cuba and Puerto Rico, many would say that the Puerto Rican community in New York City put salsa music on the International map. Long before Daddy Yankee, Bad Bunny and Maluma began topping International pop music charts, New York-based]]></description>
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							<title>Boricua Artist Shawnick Rodriguez is Bringing Caribbean Culture to the Forefront</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2023 01:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[If we&#8217;re being honest, we know that most of the time people don&#8217;t automatically think of Puerto Ricans when they think of Caribbean people. Jamaicans and Haitians, surely, Cubans maybe, but when it comes to Puerto Ricans, it&#8217;s complicated. Puerto Rico is of course, a commonwealth of the United States, and these days feels much]]></description>
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							<title>Boricua Omi Hopper is Amplifying Puerto Rican Cuisine on TV</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2023 23:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Hearing words like &#8220;mofongo&#8221; on primetime television is exciting and new and it&#8217;s because of Latina chefs like Omi Hopper that are making that visibility happen. Hopper, a Puerto Rico native, is a former makeup artist turned social media cooking sensation that landed a gig on Gordon Ramsay&#8217;s cooking competition show Next Level Chef. It was]]></description>
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							<title>Latinas in STEM Talk Careers &#038; the Importance of Representation</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[When we think about Women&#8217;s History Month, we can&#8217;t help but think of all of the Latinas — and women in general — throughout time whose incredible work has gone unacknowledged. We often have to remind ourselves that while those who worked quietly to make room for the rest of us may never get the]]></description>
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							<title>Fort Hood Soldier Ana Basaldua Ruiz Found Dead After Alleging Harassment</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Another female soldier is dead in Fort Hood, Texas, and while the U.S. Army is claiming that there was no foul play involved in the death of Pvt. Ana Basaldua Ruiz, 20, who was found dead on March 13, her family says she had been the victim of sexual harassment while stationed at the troubled]]></description>
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							<title>Afro-Latina Doulas are Fighting for &#8216;Birth Justice&#8217; Amid Growing Black Maternal Health Crisis</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 18:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[The thing about Black History Month, is that it&#8217;s rendered completely useless if we don&#8217;t use it to create a better Black future. At the most foundational level, that should start with better Black maternal care. The Black maternal mortality rate in America is three times as high as that of white women, and that]]></description>
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							<title>Gift Guide: 16 Fun, Meaningful &#038; Useful Gifts for Latina Moms</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/gift-ideas-latina-moms/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2022 23:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Chances are, if there&#8217;s a mami in your life, you&#8217;re tasked with picking out the perfect gift for her multiple times a year. Whether she&#8217;s your own mamá, your bestie, your sister or your prima, with all that gift giving, options might feel a little stagnant at times. One of the things we love about]]></description>
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							<title>Oh Comadre Candles Founder Talks Being a Breast Cancer &#8216;Thriver&#8217; and Prioritizing Your Passions</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/oh-comadre-founder-breast-cancer/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 21:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Sometimes life throws you a curve ball just when you feel like you&#8217;ve hit your stride. Unexpected challenges can either make you or break you. With a healthy dose of perspective and faith in yourself and whatever you might believe in though, you can often come out the other side unscathed, perhaps even better off]]></description>
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							<title>How To Make Your Home Your Own By Incorporating Your Cultura</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 17:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Sponsored by It’s always been important to me to have items around my home that bring me joy, rather than filling my home with loads of things just for the sake of it. Ultimately, I want to be surrounded by items that represent who I am, and make my house feel unique and authentic to]]></description>
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							<title>Bonita Fierce Candles Founder Melissa Gallardo is Celebrating Latinx Biculturalism</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Success often comes when we&#8217;re least expecting it. So many of us work tirelessly to achieve something — to make it. We go to school, we get a degree, and then maybe another degree, then we work full-time, and we keep going and we keep pushing, and then maybe, we find a side hustle, not ever]]></description>
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							<title>Why the Combination of Home and Heritage is So Important to Latino Families</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Sponsored by When my husband and I bought our first home, it was a major fixer upper. We had already looked at dozens of houses, but none felt quite right. The minute I saw pictures of the house we ended up buying and living in for seven years, I felt something different. When we stepped]]></description>
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							<title>Mexican Master Tequila Distiller Estela Anguiano Launches Her Own Tequila Brand</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/estela-anguiano-severo-tequila/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Trailblazer. Master Tequila Distiller. Latina in STEM. Mexicana. Mom. These are some of the titles Estela Anguiano, who was born and raised in Mexico, holds and now she can add &#8220;jefa&#8221; since launching her own brand of tequila. The move makes sense considering the path her career has taken, one carved by her passion for]]></description>
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							<title>Rita Moreno and AOC Talk Abortion following Overturn of Roe v. Wade</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2022 16:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Iconic Puerto Rican actress, Rita Moreno, 90, shared how in 1973 she became pregnant while dating fellow Hollywood legend Marlon Brando and the subsequent trauma from her abortion. The Oscar winner is speaking out about her experience in the aftermath of the Supreme Court of the United States&#8217; decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The]]></description>
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							<title>The Indigenous History of Ceviche + Ceviche Recipes for Summer</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/ceviche-indigenous-history-recipes/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2022 19:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Ceviche is a ubiquitous seafood dish throughout Latin America that originated in pre-colonial Peru. A lot of us grew up eating it at least occasionally, especially those of us who have family members from a coastal town in our countries of origin. Even if you never saw it on your table growing up, it&#8217;s an]]></description>
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							<title>Kay-Lani Martinez of Viva Glam Kay Talks Entrepreneurship, Motherhood &#038; Motivation</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/kay-lani-martinez-viva-glam-kay/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2022 17:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Like so many first-time moms, Kay-Lani Martinez found herself at home and bored when she was pregnant with her first child almost a decade ago. A makeup artist by trade, she started doing her own makeup and sharing photos of her looks on Instagram. It wasn&#8217;t long before her followers started asking her to post]]></description>
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							<title>An Open Letter of Appreciation to My Husband on Father&#8217;s Day</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/fathers-day-husband-appreciation/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t know what fatherhood should look like until you. We both grew up in broken homes with absentee fathers and to be honest, I never imagined myself having kids until we got married. My dad was there when I was very little, but after my parents separated, months — and sometimes even years —]]></description>
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							<title>DACA 10th Anniversary: How It Started &#038; Where It is Now</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/daca-tenth-anniversary/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 23:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Today is the 10th anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and it should feel monumental, but for many immigrants, the uncertainty today is greater than ever. DACA was created in 2012 when President Barack Obama took executive action to protect individuals who were brought into the United States as children without paperwork from]]></description>
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							<title>10 Products from LGBTQIA+ Latinx Companies You Need</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/pride-products-lgtbq-owned/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2022 17:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[While Pride Month makes it &#8220;trendy&#8221; to support LGBTQIA+ companies, it&#8217;s important to show that support all year long. It brings us joy to see that beautiful rainbow flag splashed everywhere during the month of June and the rest of the year too. But more than that, it makes us so happy to see so many]]></description>
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							<title>Common Sunscreen Mistakes Women, Especially Women of Color, Need to Stop Making</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/sunscreen-mistakes-women-color/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2022 19:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re all about embracing every bit of melanin that you were born blessed with, but we want you to do it in the safest way possible. A lot of people make some very common mistakes when it comes to sunscreen. Most of us think that buying it and remembering to apply it regularly is all]]></description>
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							<title>10 Crystals That Can Help Boost Your Energy for the Best Summer Ever</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/crystals-for-positivity/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2022 17:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Whether you just want to live your best life this summer, you have specific goals to meet in the next few months, you&#8217;re looking for love, or you just need a major shift in energy, there&#8217;s a crystal for that. Every time we usher in a new season, our hope for all the good things]]></description>
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							<title>Doulas &#038; Midwives Can Help Latina Moms Reclaim Ancestral Birthing Practices</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/doulas-midwives-latina-births/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2022 22:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Even in the best of circumstances pregnancy and childbirth can seem like daunting milestones for many women. For Latinas and women of color, it&#8217;s oftentimes even more complicated. Some believe that by reclaiming some of our ancestral birth practices — often in decidedly modern ways — Latinas and women of color in general, may be]]></description>
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							<title>Enough is Enough! My Children Deserve to Feel Safe at School</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/gun-reform-uvalde-school-shooting/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 22:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[This morning I sent my kids off to school just minutes after I saw the face of 10-year-old Xavier Lopez on my Facebook news feed as one of the first victims identified in the latest school shooting. It was early in the morning and I knew I wasn&#8217;t emotionally ready to read about Xavier, so]]></description>
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							<title>Meet Bianca Espinosa: a Latina Whiskey Aficionado Shattering Stereotypes</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/bianca-espinosa-scotch-girl/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2022 16:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, women who imbibe — let alone on something like whiskey — garner a certain sort of reaction from men, and even from other women. In many parts of America and the world for that matter, it&#8217;s considered unladylike for women to drink anything other than maybe an occasional glass of wine or a fruity]]></description>
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							<title>Latinx Parenting Founder Leslie Priscilla is Changing the Narrative With #EndChanclaCulture Movement</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/latinx-parenting-leslie-priscilla/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2022 23:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Leslie Priscilla of Latinx Parenting is determined to do her part to stop generational trauma in the Latinx community. The child development specialist and early childhood and parent educator from Santa Ana, California was moved to &#8220;be the bridge&#8221; between her mostly Indigenous Mexican culture and certain ways of parenting, and she set about the]]></description>
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							<title>10 Latinx Young Adult Books Coming Out in 2022: Part 2</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/young-adult-latinx-books-2022/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2022 19:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[There are so many books by Latinx authors coming out in 2022 that you need to add to your bookcase that we had to create a follow up to our first YA books list.  We&#8217;re so excited about so many of them — both for us and our kids — that we wanted to curate]]></description>
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							<title>The Problem With Breastfeeding in America &#038; Lactation Disparities</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/breastfeeding-black-women/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2022 16:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[When I decided to breastfeed my children, I had no idea how racialized breastfeeding had once been. I didn&#8217;t know that while breastfeeding had been looked down upon in America as a whole for decades, there was even more stigma surrounding it in Black communities. I grew up in a largely Black and Puerto Rican]]></description>
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							<title>Nopalera Founder Sandra Velasquez Talks Motherhood, Her Roots &#038; Entrepreneurship</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/nopalera-founder-sandra-velasquez/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 22:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Not only do we celebrate Mother&#8217;s Day in May, but now, President Joe Biden has declared the week of May 1-7, National Small Business Week, so we couldn&#8217;t think of a better way to celebrate both moms and small business owners than to showcase one of our favorite Latina mompreneurs. We had the chance to]]></description>
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							<title>10 Light &#038; Refreshing Cocktails and Mocktails to Enjoy on Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/mothers-day-cocktails-mocktails/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 19:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[There are a few things nearly every mamá wishes for on Mother&#8217;s Day: someone else to cook, someone else to clean, and to get to spend some quality time with her niños. Honestly, R&#38;R should be Mother&#8217;s Day essentials. We work so hard caring for our children and running our households every day, that having]]></description>
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							<title>Cookbook Author Ericka Sanchez Shares Tips on Building an Epic Taco Table</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/cinco-de-mayo-taco-table/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2022 16:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[We know Cinco de Mayo in the U.S. is a holiday that has grown far beyond its Mexican origins, but that doesn&#8217;t mean  you can&#8217;t celebrate. Well, that is when it&#8217;s celebrated in a way that honors Mexican heritage in an authentic way sans all the cultural appropriation aspects. We love celebrating with family and]]></description>
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							<title>Latinx Teachers Tell Us How They Really Want You to Show Your Appreciation</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/teacher-appreciation-week-ideas/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2022 17:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Teachers have a challenging and often thankless job. They are responsible for our children for many hours out of each day. They aren&#8217;t just educators, they&#8217;re caregivers, and their efforts often go unrecognized by students, administrators, and sadly, parents too. Teachers are undervalued, overly criticized, and have to deal with things like the implications of]]></description>
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							<title>10 Thoughtful Mother&#8217;s Day Gifts That Honor Latin Culture</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/mothers-day-gifts-latin-culture/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2022 00:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Not that as a mom myself I&#8217;m biased or anything, but Mother&#8217;s Day is honestly one of the best holidays of the year. So many of us have incredible mamas or mother figures in our lives, that we love and respect. Mother&#8217;s Day gives us a chance to celebrate them in all of their powerful]]></description>
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							<title>9 Latinx Poets Who Have Made History &#038; Changed the Literary World</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/latinx-poets-made-history/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2022 04:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[As National Poetry Month comes to a close, we can&#8217;t help but think of all of the impactful Latinx voices that have made their — and our — stories and struggles known with their words. It&#8217;s so often the case that we need someone else to speak for us in order to make us feel]]></description>
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							<title>Xochitl Gomez Plays LGBTQ+ Character America Chavez in &#8216;Doctor Strange&#8217; Sequel</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/xochitl-gomez-america-chavez-lgbtq/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2022 01:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Xochitl Gomez is set to bring the LGBTQ Marvel character, America Chavez, to life on the big screen for the very first time in the upcoming film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, which premieres on May 6. The part has been three years in the making for 16-year-old Gomez, who]]></description>
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							<title>White Wellness Culture &#038; Why It&#8217;s So Complicated for People of Color</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/breastfeeding-white-wellness-culture/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2022 16:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[White women don&#8217;t own breastfeeding. I thought that was obvious and something that didn&#8217;t need to be explicitly stated. That was until I wrote an essay on the ways that white wellness culture has affected my parenting choices, and attributed my knowledge of things like breastfeeding and child nutrition to white women. People were up]]></description>
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							<title>Food Historian Maite Gomez-Rejón Discusses Ancestral Foods, Food History &#038; Colonization</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/maite-gomez-rejon-food-historian/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 16:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Texas-native Maite Gomez-Rejón thought she&#8217;d become an artist when she grew up but what she didn&#8217;t realize almost until it actually happened was that her medium would be food. Gomez-Rejón is a first-generation Mexican-American who grew up in the border town of Laredo, Texas, raised by free-spirited parents. When she decided to study studio art]]></description>
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							<title>&#8216;Menudo: Forever Young&#8217; Docuseries on Iconic Puerto Rican Boy Band Premiering in June</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/menudo-documentary-hbo-max/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Before Ricky Martin became the global superstar that he is today, he was one of 14 boys that were members of the iconic Puerto Rican boy band, Menudo who first premiered in 1977. The band originally launched with 5 members and through the years there were various members until the name was sold in 1997.  A]]></description>
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							<title>The Supreme Court Has Upheld Exclusion of Puerto Rico from Disability Benefits</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/puerto-rico-excluded-disability-benefits/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2022 19:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[In yet another blow to the people of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Supreme Court has blocked an attempt to secure disability benefits for residents of the island. On Thursday, April 21, 2022, the justices voted 8-1 in favor of a ruling that allows Congress to continue to exclude Puerto Rican citizens from a federal safety]]></description>
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							<title>Latina Moms Are Among More than a Million Parents Fighting Against Air Pollution</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2022 19:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Over the past several years, the impact of pollution on our environment has become increasingly evident. Of course, we&#8217;ve all been told since we were kids that we need to take care of our planet, that we should be careful not to litter and remember to recycle, but back then, it felt so far removed]]></description>
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							<title>Activist Elsa Marie Collins Believes Immigration Reform Is About Humans, Not Politics</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/elsa-marie-collins-border-immigration/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2022 17:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[First-generation Mexican American activist Elsa Marie Collins straddled the border most of her childhood. Born in San Diego and raised in Tijuana in the 80s and 90s, she remembers an entirely different experience than the one many children and families are living today. Collins has always had dual citizenship and recalls happily traveling back and]]></description>
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							<title>5 Ways to Help Your Kids Feel Less Stressed About Homework</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/helping-kids-homework/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2022 23:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Sponsored by Paper It starts from the minute they walk through the door. The whining and complaining about homework is something most parents have to contend with on a daily basis. We don’t really blame our kids — we didn’t like homework either — but helping them ditch the attitudes so they can focus, learn]]></description>
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							<title>How I’m Avoiding the Learning Challenges I Experienced With My Own Children</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/learning-challenges-tutoring-kids/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2022 22:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Sponsored by Paper Growing up, I was a straight A student. Well, that was until fourth grade fractions. I just didn’t get it and despite being in a “talented and gifted” classroom, my teacher did not offer me the classroom support I needed. Instead, decades later, I still recall her addressing me with frustration and]]></description>
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							<title>Hear From a School District Where Families Have Access to Free Multilingual Tutoring 24/7</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/free-multilingual-tutoring-schools/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2022 18:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Sponsored by Paper With so much on our plates as parents, it sometimes feels like there aren’t enough hours in the day to help our kids stay on track academically. Moms work more than ever before — often, outside of the home — and kids have very little free time after a full day of]]></description>
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							<title>10 Lessons Our Abuelas Taught Us About Living Sustainably</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/sustainability-latin-culture/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2022 15:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Granted, my abuela is a seamstress, but I can&#8217;t remember a time when she ran out to replace a piece of clothing before she tried to patch it. There have always been at least a few vegetables and flowers planted in her yard, along with a fruit tree or two, and as far as I]]></description>
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							<title>White Wellness Culture Has Influenced The Way I&#8217;m Parenting &#038; It&#8217;s Bittersweet</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/white-wellness-parenting/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 22:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[When I gave birth to my first child almost 10 years ago, none of my family seemed to understand my parenting choices. They were supportive and curious, and far more helpful than judgmental, but they noticed immediately that I was going to do things differently. I&#8217;ve always respected and appreciated the advice of my mom,]]></description>
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