As we sit within December, it’s a great time to look forward to 2023 and all the exciting things to come next year. Together, let’s look specifically at 5 Latino artists to look out for as we journey into the new year. 1. Maria Becerra First up on our list is Maria Becerra, an up-and-coming…
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…
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…
Time to break out the fireworks, grab those red, white, and blue flip-flops, and start grilling, it’s Fourth of July weekend. Though this year, things might feel a little different. In light of recent events, the stewing civil unrest, the ever-increasing amount of mass shootings, as well as the laws being passed seemingly interfering with…
The Halmy Brothers, in partnership with Blumhouse (yes that Blumhouse), have released their 2022 documentary “The Youth Governor” and it is phenomenal. The film offers an inside look into the YMCA’s Youth and Government program as it follows the intense campaign for California’s 72nd Youth Governor. Youth and Government is a national program set up…
Last week, Latinitas celebrated its twentieth anniversary at the Latinitas Purple Party for Chica Power Gala. As part of the annual fundraiser, Latinitas chooses six courageous female leaders to honor. The women that were chosen all have incredible stories and immense accolades, but what sets them apart is the passion they bring to their field….
This Giving Tuesday Latintias invited supporters and sponsors to their home office for some cozy festivities at their annual open house event. The theme was Navidad Tropical, and true to it the organization had fun holiday music, beautiful decorations, and a tiki hut courtesy of Texas Tiki Time. As guests mingled and discussed their love…
From afar, it may seem like Bad Bunny became an overnight sensation, but looking into his impressive fanbase and extensive body of work, it is obvious his success is anything but random. As a fellow Puerto Rican, Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio has always been on my radar. After all, it’s not often I get to…
Considering Juneteenth only just became a federal holiday in 2021, you may not know what it is and why it’s celebrated. Allow me to enlighten you. While President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, the document that freed all enslaved people, in 1863, the news didn’t reach everyone. It wasn’t until two years later in Galveston,…
