Today, and every third Monday of January for the past 38 years, has been dedicated to Civil Rights Leader, Martin Luther King Jr. Who was born on this day in 1929 and spent the majority of his life preaching the good word and inspiring others with his breathtaking speeches for the fight for freedom. Years…
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…
El Inicio de una Carrera Literaria En una reciente entrevista, la talentosa autora Adriana Camacho-Church compartió su viaje como escritora y su enfoque sobre la narración como una herramienta importante para preservar la identidad cultural, especialmente entre las familias inmigrantes. Con su libro El cabello de abuela le llega hasta los tobillos, la escritora Camacho-Church…
This past Saturday, June 1st, Latinitas held their annual Purple Party Fundraiser, but with a fun twist! The guests traded in their fancy dresses and tall shoes for sneakers and shorts as the first-ever Latinitas Purple Party Pickleball Tournament was held! A nearly all-day affair where guests were asked to enjoy the copious vendors, bid…
Like many back in 2018, I tuned in to the first season of the rebooted Queer Eye and was immediately hooked. I fell in love with the feel-good energy that surrounded the Fab Five. When I heard about them filming a season that was taking place solely in Austin, I couldn’t wait. Fortunately, I didn’t…
By Kirsty Brewster AUSTIN, Texas — Currently, the City of Austin ordered a shelter-in-place in Travis county and it is advised to only leave our homes for essential places such as grocery stores, hospitals and pharmacies and to keep practicing social distancing, according to Austin Monthly. That means places like schools, gyms, theaters and libraries…
Last Saturday, Latinitas packed up their gear and headed over to the Jewel C. Weitzel Center in San Antonio for an exciting Startup Chica Conference in the city. Startup Chica is Latinitas one-day-only conference that inspires attendees, students between the ages of nine and fourteen, to take a crack at inventing their own business. Throughout…
El mes de la herencia afroamericana, celebrado cada febrero en los Estados Unidos y otros países, es un momento crucial para reconocer y honrar las contribuciones, la cultura y la lucha por la igualdad de las personas afrodescendientes en todo el mundo. Aunque a menudo se asocia principalmente con la comunidad afroamericana, su relevancia se…
Music is a constant in my life, at all times. Not just because I have learning disabilities that make it difficult for me to concentrate fully without some kind of background noise, but because I also genuinely love all things music. I grew up listening to a variety of genres, from Sundays cleaning with my…
