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Digame: Soni López-Chávez is Using Art to Celebrate Latinidad

Virginia IsaadSeptember 22, 2023

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 22, 20230346

Digame is a monthly series featuring prominent Latinx leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and public figures uplifting the community and making a difference. Digital artist Soni López-Chávez (@soni_artist) is as first-generation immigrant who was born in Cuitzeo de Abasolo in the state...

TIME Magazine Spotlights 8 Latinx Changemakers for Latinx Heritage Month

Sofía AguilarSeptember 22, 2023

by Sofía AguilarSeptember 22, 20230752

Uplifting and supporting the Latinx community is an year-round endeavor but it’s even more special during Latinx Heritage Month to see mainstream media shining a spotlight on la comunidad. This week, TIME announced that it would spend the next few months...

7 Latina Inventors Who Have Made an Impact

Anna OrtegaSeptember 21, 2023

by Anna OrtegaSeptember 21, 20230831

Despite all the important contributions that Latinas have made in the U.S. and around the world, they aren’t often recognized for it. Latinas have made history across a variety of different industries like beauty, wellness, engineering, and health. In fact,...

How to Begin Healing Your Inner Niña as a Parentified Latina

patriciaalvaradoSeptember 21, 2023

by patriciaalvaradoSeptember 21, 202301419

Patricia Alvarado is a psychotherapist and owner and director of the group practice, Alvarado Therapy & co-founder of Latinx Healthy Minds providing mental health programs for Latinx professionals. Healing comes in many ways. Healing can occur even when we did not know that...

DACA Declared Illegal Once Again by Federal Court Judge

Sofía AguilarSeptember 18, 2023September 18, 2023

by Sofía AguilarSeptember 18, 2023September 18, 20230645

Undocumented immigrants protected by Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), are once again having to defend the program created by former President Barack Obama in 2012. It was first declared illegal in court in 2013 and was ruled illegal again...

I’m a First Gen Chicana Studying Spanish and It’s Brought Me Closer to My Roots

Sofía AguilarSeptember 15, 2023

by Sofía AguilarSeptember 15, 202301232

Growing up, one thing I knew I never wanted to do was learn Spanish. I hated the sounds of it in my house, how my dad was constantly speaking it while on the phone with relatives in Mexico, how my...

Celia Cruz Barbie Debuts in Honor of Latinx Heritage Month

Anna OrtegaSeptember 15, 2023September 15, 2023

by Anna OrtegaSeptember 15, 2023September 15, 202305729

Mattel has created a myriad of Barbies honoring Latina icons like María Félix, Gloria Estefan, Shakira, and Frida Kahlo. While fans clamored to purchase the dolls, many of which sold out quickly, in 2021 they released a Celia Cruz doll...

Melania Luisa Marte’s New Poetry Collection Explores Afro-Latinidad, Ancestry, & Self-Love

Sofía AguilarSeptember 14, 2023September 14, 2023

by Sofía AguilarSeptember 14, 2023September 14, 202302279

Melania Luisa Marte is a Dominican-American writer and musician who is honoring her ancestors, Afro-Latina heritage, and herself through her poetry. This past August, she published her highly-anticipated poetry collection Plantains and Our Becoming, which takes readers on her journey establishing...

Shakira Makes History as the First South American MTV Video Vanguard Winner

Virginia IsaadSeptember 13, 2023

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 13, 202301780

Shakira continues to dominate 2023 following the massive success of her recent hits including “TGQ” with Karol G and “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53”. The 47-year-old icon was awarded the Video Vanguard award at the MTV Video Music Awards and...

Who Said You Can’t Travel Solo? Here’s a Guide for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Maria LavanderaSeptember 12, 2023September 11, 2023

by Maria LavanderaSeptember 12, 2023September 11, 2023020716

Sponsored by Why is solo travel so taboo in the Latinx community? I remember telling my parents that I was going to travel to Central America by myself for the first time, and they thought I was out of my...

Latinx-Led Coalition Forms to Increase Latinx Representation in Publishing

Sofía AguilarSeptember 11, 2023

by Sofía AguilarSeptember 11, 202301592

Latinx representation in publishing is improving every year but we still have a long way to go in seeing more Latinx talent in the industry including writing, illustration, book production, and more. As we know, there is often nothing more...

My Journey is Proof That It’s Never Too Late to Travel

Maria LavanderaSeptember 10, 2023September 7, 2023

by Maria LavanderaSeptember 10, 2023September 7, 2023020297

Sponsored By Growing up in a Latinx household, I had limited beliefs around traveling. Coming from a middle-class family, I wasn’t exposed to traveling growing up. I used to think you had to have a lot of money to go...