V. ALEXANDRA DE F. SZOENYI for Bold Latina Growing up as a Colombian-American in San Francisco, I didn’t see too many other people from my South American nation. Sure, there was a community, but it was tiny in comparison to the larger Mexican, Nicaraguan, Salvadoran and other Latin American communities that no doubt helped raise…
By Latinitas staff To say Latina progressives are disappointed in the United States Senate’s failure to abolish the filibuster, effectively blocking the voting rights bill, is an understatement. They feel that by making this decision, every single Republican Senator and two Democratic Senators including Joe Manchin (WV) and Krysten Sinema (AZ), would rather return to…
By Jessica Enriquez Oh, my beautiful women of golden blood and earthy face, your bones have heard the violence of the strange man you have thrown your arms unto clear air vacant and muted a wasteland of dead bodies with no name or eyes to transmit or transmute one last flicker of…
By Carlota Vasquez “I often find that, for those of us who submerge ourselves in literature on a daily basis — whether that be by reading it, writing it or both — the images and stories swirling in our head can flood out in a dozen different ways. While I was coming up with scenarios…
My name is Veronica Garza, and I am a third-generation Mexican-American from Laredo, Texas. If I had been told as a child that I would help start a Mexican-American food brand with my family, I would never have believed it. A “businesswoman” was not something I thought I’d be—especially not at a business I helped…
By Raven Garza In all honesty, I wasn’t sure that I was up for ACL Fest this year. The news has been suffocating. Our state continues to get away with infringing on the rights of women and communities of color, Austin is considering an unnecessary expansion of our police department, and there’s still a whole…
By Jessica Enriquez They met while they were both working at a plastic bag factory in Mexico City. He was 23. She had just turned 18. Ana was everything he was not: disciplined, level-headed, and serious. She came from a poor family that lived on the narrow avenue leading to Plaza de Los Martes. She…
By Alyssa Guevara Selena Quintanilla, arguably one of the most successful and influential Latinas in the world, left behind her career and talent after being fatally shot on March 31, 1995. But that’s not the only thing she left behind- Selena also left her legacy, which continues to inspire Latinos today. Selena had humble beginnings:…
When Natalia and Jess Jr. Dalton-Salazar moved to the U.S. from the Yucatán Peninsula in 2010 to attend college, they needed money for tuition. So, when their parents Jess Sr. and Gabriela moved to Arizona in 2011, Gabriela started selling homemade sauces and marinades at their local farmer’s market to support Natalia and Jess Jr….
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