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How To Make Your Home Your Own By Incorporating Your Cultura

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonSeptember 30, 2022September 30, 2022

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonSeptember 30, 2022September 30, 2022027114

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...

Why the Combination of Home and Heritage is So Important to Latino Families

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonSeptember 15, 2022September 30, 2022

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonSeptember 15, 2022September 30, 2022041141

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...

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Food Historian Maite Gomez-Rejón Discusses Ancestral Foods, Food History & Colonization

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonApril 28, 2022

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonApril 28, 202205581

Texas-native Maite Gomez-Rejón thought she’d become an artist when she grew up but what she didn’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...

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What I Learned About Being the Family Keeper After My Mom Passed Away

Annie LealFebruary 24, 2022March 3, 2022

by Annie LealFebruary 24, 2022March 3, 2022095742

Sponsored by Chevrolet Equinox When I was growing up, my home was full of the sounds and smells of Puerto Rico. Even during the bitter cold New Jersey winters, we felt connected to the island. It was in large part...

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Nine Latinx Podcast Episodes About Identity You Need to Listen to

Nicole YoungSeptember 20, 2021

by Nicole YoungSeptember 20, 202107077

With the start of Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month comes the inevitable conversations about our identities and culture. Going through social media can sometimes feel overwhelming but thankfully there are whole podcasts episodes dedicated to these topics. Longtime Latinx podcast favorites like...

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Celebrate National Wine Day With These 10 Mexican-Owned Wines

Nicole YoungMay 25, 2021

by Nicole YoungMay 25, 202107096

If there’s anything we love more than vino, science has yet to discover it and since it’s National Wine Day we wanted to show our support for Latino made wines. Although many of these wines come from the same region...

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25 Famous Arab-Latinxs You May Not Know About

V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiApril 29, 2021

by V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiApril 29, 2021041479

April is National Arab American Heritage Month and though it’s not often talked about, there are literally millions of Arab Latinos in Latin America. In fact, Latin America has the largest number of Arabs outside of the Middle East, with...

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A Guide to Latin America’s Most Iconic Dance Styles

Nicole YoungApril 29, 2021

by Nicole YoungApril 29, 2021020293

The cliche that music is a universal language is a cliche for a reason as music truly connects people while also telling the history of a culture. Many Latin American countries use music and dance to keep their traditions alive...

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10 Latino/Hispanic Celebrities You May Not Know Have Asian Roots

Nicole YoungMarch 16, 2021March 16, 2021

by Nicole YoungMarch 16, 2021March 16, 2021050873

Latinidad comes in all shades and yet Afro-Latinxs and Asian Latinxs remain marginalized despite large populations throughout Latin America. While the mainstream idea of what someone who is Latinx looks like remains tied to people like Jennifer Lopez and Ricky...

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My Multi-Racial Kids Helped Me Connect With My Afro-Latinx Identity

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonFebruary 23, 2021

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonFebruary 23, 202103937

From as early as I can remember, I recall my Puerto Rican parents and grandparents drilling into me that we were a mixture of African, European and Taíno. That knowledge and the rich culture associated with that particular Afro-Caribbean genetic...

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30+ Google Doodles That Honor Latinx Icons, Culture, and History

V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiSeptember 17, 2020October 13, 2022

by V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiSeptember 17, 2020October 13, 2022020273

Over the years, Google has made it a point to celebrate several notable Latinxs through their Google Doodles, little pieces of art that replace the traditional Google logo and educate the millions of people who search on the site about...

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Your Weekly Tarotscope for December 15 – December 21, 2019 Revealed

jackieDecember 13, 2019July 8, 2020

by jackieDecember 13, 2019July 8, 202003387

Theme of the Week: The Tower Major upheaval. I’m hearing, “Change! Change! Change!” A big aspect of your life is about to go through a manifestation, whether you know it and are prepared for it, or not. This is going...