Latinx health Archives

Latina Nutritionist Dalina Soto Wants to Help the Latinx Community Ditch Diet Culture

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonJuly 29, 2021February 24, 2022

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonJuly 29, 2021February 24, 20220100800

Dalina Soto is a dietitian and nutritionist that doesn’t put her clients on diets. Yes, you read that right. She’s a dietitian that doesn’t believe in diets, and for good reason too. While studying to be a pediatrician at Penn...

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18-Year Old Wilber Portillo Dies After Second Bout of COVID-19

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonJanuary 19, 2021January 19, 2021

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonJanuary 19, 2021January 19, 2021089

An 18-year-old Latino man from Denver, Colorado has died after enduring two bouts of the deadly virus COVID-19. Wilber Portillo reportedly contracted the novel coronavirus twice just a couple of weeks apart back in the fall, ultimately passing away on...

Lifestyle

XipiTeca Hosts First Annual Love Thyself Festival

Virginia IsaadJune 3, 2019August 3, 2020

by Virginia IsaadJune 3, 2019August 3, 202005341

Self-love is a common term these days but putting it into action is not as easy as it seems, especially among young women of color. That’s where the Love Thyself Festival hopes to help. The first annual festival takes place...

Lifestyle

Candy Calderon: The Dominicana Who Is Bringing Wellness To Latinos Across The U.S.

HipLatinaNovember 8, 2018September 1, 2020

by HipLatinaNovember 8, 2018September 1, 202003258

Wellness might have become a mainstream market but it’s not necessarily accessible to a lot of Latinx communities in the U.S. It’s a reality that Dominican holistic health and wellness coach Candy Calderon knows all too well. Her mother cancer’s...

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The Latina Filmmaker Behind The Bodega Makeover Series

Sonia RamirezAugust 10, 2018September 11, 2020

by Sonia RamirezAugust 10, 2018September 11, 202002194

Creative film producer, screenwriter, and director Evelyn Brito could very well be our next “Fixer Upper” sensation. But instead of creating client’s dream homes, Brito is renovating the way we shop for groceries, and the healthier food options we can expect...