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Puerto Rican Sofía Jirau Makes History as First Victoria’s Secret Model with Down Syndrome

Virginia Isaad
by Virginia Isaad067604
Puerto Rican model  Sofía Jirau made headlines when she became one of the few models with Down Syndrome to be a part of New York Fashion Week. Now she’s making history again becoming the first Victoria’s Secret model with Down...
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Mexican American is First Latina President of Harvard Law Review

Sofía Aguilar
by Sofía Aguilar04794
There are few things more exciting than Latinas getting their place at the table in higher academia. Especially at Ivy League schools like Harvard University where the system continues to favor white students from upper-class backgrounds. Despite these barriers, Mexican-American...
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Harvard’s Oldest Student Newspaper Elects Its First Latina President

Sofía Aguilar
by Sofía Aguilar04158
We love to see Latinas breaking barriers everywhere, especially in prestigious spaces like academia that remain  white and male-dominated. This month, history and literature student Raquel Coronell Uribe became the first-ever Latina president of The Harvard Crimson, Harvard University’s student...
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