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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 19:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Panamanian gymnast Hillary Heron is the only woman after Simone Biles to perform Biles I. ]]></description>
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															<description><![CDATA[Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), which specializes in mixed martial arts, has famously been a male-dominated sport but this weekend a Latina made history. UFC athlete Alexa Grasso, who is originally from Guadalajara, made headlines for being the first Mexican-born woman to have a shot at winning the UFC Championship in her fight against flyweight champion]]></description>
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							<title>Vanessa Yeager is Making Surfing A More Inclusive Sport for Latinas</title>
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															<description><![CDATA[Vanessa Yeager grew up in in sunny California which helped cultivate her love of surfing and yet, as a Latina, she realized there wasn&#8217;t a whole lot of diversity in that world. The physical education teacher and surf coach decided to be the change she wanted to see and founded Latinx Surf Club. &#8220;&#8221;As I]]></description>
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							<title>Natalia Dorantes Becomes NFL&#8217;s First Latina Chief of Staff</title>
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							<title>Baja Sea Souls Came Together to Empower Latina Surfers in Mexico</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Surfing has always been a male-dominated sport, but three Latinas in Rosarito, Mexico are going against the norm by joining the adventurous sport and creating a safe space for girls and women to boost their confidence and bring down the walls that limit them both in and out of the water. ]]></description>
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							<title>U.S. Women Soccer Champions Deserve Equal Pay</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2019 14:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the U.S. Women&#8217;s National Team defeated the Netherlands 2-0 in the finals making them World Cup champions once again. While Americans worldwide celebrated this triumphant win, the real moment of victory has yet to come. While these spectacular female athletes scored two major goals yesterday, they&#8217;re also awaiting one final goal, the one that]]></description>
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