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‘Gordita Chronicles’ Follows a Dominican Family Living in Miami

Virginia Isaad
Since Gordita Chronicles was announced a year ago we’ve been excitedly awaiting the premiere of the series created, written, and co-produced by Claudia Forestieri, and now the wait is over. The trailer for the coming-of-age series is out now and...
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Dominican Author Elizabeth Acevedo Becomes First Writer of Color to Win The Carnegie Medal

Virginia Isaad
Slam poet and author Elizabeth Acevedo made history when she won the prestigious Carnegie Medal for her debut The Poet X. The British literary award goes to an outstanding English-language book for children or young adults and this is the...
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This Dominican Woman Learned English Watching ‘The Ellen Show’ And Her Story Will Move You To Tears

Johanna Ferreira
There’s a reason so many of us watch The Ellen Show. The most obvious one that comes to mind: Ellen DeGeneres is hilarious. But one Dominican woman named Diana Aquino started watching the show daily for a very different reason...