AUSTIN, Texas – We are onto week two of our at home activities and we are turning our chicas into journalists for the week! Earlier this semester, the girls learned the different types of journalism such as news, columns, reviews and investigative. Now, the chicas got to put their press hats on! While at home,…
Yes, you read that right! This week, CapMetro unveiled a new bus honoring Latinitas by promoting the organization’s story and mission. This was only possible due to CapMetro’s incredible CapMetro Cares Program, which supports “local non-profits by providing the advertising space on our vehicles to raise awareness about causes aligning with our values as an…
¡Tú Cuentas! Cine Youth Fest’s Winner Victorya Cintra’s latest short film, Tea For Two, imagines a not-so-distant future where American women have been reduced to dutiful housewives. They roam around in their colorful yet confining dresses, forced to serve the men in their lives. Forced to make themselves smaller and forced to exist in a…
On December 16th, Yvonne Guidry invited the Houston community to donate new toys for “H-Town” kids and Christmas shop at her first-ever Spoiled Latina Toy Drive and Holiday Mercado at Art Square Studios on Commerce in East End Houston. With a goal of filling up two Volkswagen Atlases with new toys, the Houston community showed…
By Natasha Ford AUSTIN, Texas — If you’re looking for a light-hearted read, look no further than “Love in English.” There is one word I would use to describe Maria E. Andreu’s novel: heartwarming. OK, maybe there are two words: heartwarming and adorable. From the very first page, we are thrust into Ana’s world as…
Bunny King. She’s a mother trying to regain custody of her two children. She’s a woman who’s been forced to endure abuse. Bunny King is the hero we’ve been waiting for, a hero who evades authorities while making money cleaning the windshields of strangers’ vehicles. Directed by Gaysorn Thavat and starring Essie Davis and Thomasin…
The recent rise in unions around the United States has been hitting universities and major companies such as Starbucks and Amazon over the last few years (NPR). What has caused such a trend in unionization? First, let’s take a look at some relevant history regarding unions and the purpose they serve. In the United States,…
I first heard about Natalia Sylester while interning at Austin Bat Cave because she was the judge for a youth writing contest my manager led. Natalia was born in Lima, Peru, and has lived in Texas and Florida. She graduated from UMiami with a BA in Creative Writing. Her most recent novel, which features…
HARLINGEN, Tx.—For some, the Star Wars Expanded Universe only exists in its movie and TV show formats (a galaxy far, far away, indeed). However, for Mexican cosplayer Momo Naberrie, the galaxy is stitched closer to life by her various cosplay costumes, specifically Queen Amidala —aka Padmé Amidala Naberrie, hence Momo’s cosplay name. Based in Guadalajara,…
