Nicaraguan-American Actress Shakira Barrera moved from New Jersey all the way to LA when she was just twenty-three years old to follow her dreams. Eleven years later, Barrera has built an incredible career in Hollywood, starring in projects like Netflix’s Emmy-nominated GLOW or the highly anticipated Marvel series, Ironheart. Now, she’s talking to Latinitas Magazine…
Por: Indira Zaldivar Las vidas que han impactado nuestros corazones no parten del todo, siempre y cuando honremos el legado y la memoria de nuestros familiares difuntos. Los latinoamericanos expresamos este cálido sentimiento de conmemoración a nuestros seres queridos fallecidos en la tradición del Día de Los Muertos. Esta popular tradición no es la versión…
On Saturday, May 4th, a free STEM event was hosted by the city of Kent (Washington State) in partnership with the Kent Community Foundation and the Kent School District. The event titled “SPACE FOR ALL, STEM FESTIVAL” was a family-friendly event that provided interactive activities, informative brochures, and fun swag for all attendees. The event…
This summer I had the absolute pleasure of attending Week 2 of Camp Latinitas and it was a blast. As is custom throughout the camps, Week 2 had a theme, and this time it was Design. The students were broken up into teams and then tasked with creating a group project that centered around the…
AUSTIN-The month of love can mean buying candy grams for your friends, having a class party at school or passing out Valentine’s Day cards to your classmates. However you celebrate, one thing’s for sure: quality time with friends who understand you the most. With our mission being to empower girls, we took the day of…
Photo Credit: Rachael Warecki Recently released this week on Tuesday, September 10th, is the brand-new novel titled Dispossessed by Mexican American Author Desiree Zamorano. The novel dives into the history of Mexican Americans in Los Angeles who faced such hardships as deportations, sterilization of Latinas, student protests, and the demolition of Chavez Ravine. History that…
In 2020, T-Mobile launched Project 10Million, which offered FREE internet in the form of hotspots for eligible students (K -12). Five years later, that promise is still going strong. This year, in partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, T-Mobile is opening up its doors once again, and excited parents and students can…
In 2013, Natasha Allegri, storyboard artist and writer for Cartoon Network, created a 10-minute episode introducing the world to the quirky and loveable Bee and Puppycat. The episode told the strange tale of a charming girl in her early 20s, Bee, struggling to navigate adulthood when all of the sudden a creature, not a dog…
The first Colleen Hoover film adaptation, It Ends With Us, is out and it is heartfelt. I’ll be honest and confess that I have not read the novel that this film is adapted from. I watched this film with no expectations but was warned beforehand that there were going to be depictions of domestic violence…
