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Somos Latinx
The Introvert’s Guide to Running a Business
Yara Simón
May 12, 2022
Can We Talk?
I Set Boundaries With My Racist In-Laws — Will My Partner Resent Me?
Moraya Seeger DeG...
May 11, 2022
Somos Latinx
“Generational Wealth Is an Option for Us:” Latinx Money Pros Explain...
Lyanne Alfaro
May 11, 2022
Somos Latinx
Bad Bunny’s New Album Is Packed With Summer Hits — But It Has a R...
Bad Bunny’s story of origin is repeated often: at 19, he was bagging groceries in a small barrio in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, where he was born and raised.
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Marjua Estevez
Somos Latinx
Monarch Butterflies Carry the Souls of Our Ancestors. Raising The...
Every autumn, monarch butterflies make a miracle, traveling more than 2,000 miles from Canada, across the United States, and into the Oyamel Fir Forests of
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Sofía Aguilar
Somos Latinx
Dear Rochy RD Fans, When Will “La Cultura” Protect Our Women & Gi...
On April 22, Dominican rapper Rochy RD was arrested in Santo Domingo for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor and participating in child sex trafficking.
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Marjua Estevez
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Somos Latinx
I Live in the Border Town Where Debanhi Escobar Disappeared. Gend...
Last month, I wrote a note to my family titled “What to Do if I Go Missing.” In the memo, I told my parents that I would be available by phone whenever
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Mariana Limón Rug...
Somos Latinx
Joy Sales Blends Afro-Brazilian Folk Music With Hip-Hop to Narrat...
Growing up in São Paulo, Brazil, the largest city in the South American country and the fourth-biggest metropolis in the world, Joy Sales was influenced b
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Ashley Garcia Lez...
Somos Latinx
How Reproductive Rights Leader Herminia Palacio Stays Vigilant
The L-Suite examines the diverse ways in which Latinx professionals have built their careers, how they’ve navigated notoriously disruptive roadblocks, an
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Janel Martinez
Somos Latinx
After Walking Away From the Music Biz, Carla Morrison Is Back & D...
In 2010, Carla Morrison released “Compartir,” a sentimental love ballad expressing the yearn and angst of wanting to share life with someone who is far
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Marjua Estevez
Somos Latinx
‘Killing It’s’ Stephanie Noguera Is Using Her P...
Working on a show with a central premise based on snakes isn’t for everyone, but fortunately Stephanie Nogueras did not have to be around too many reptil
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Mekita Rivas
Somos Latinx
Helena Gualinga Is Preserving the Land & Teachings of the Ecuador...
Gente Power is a monthly Somos series profiling the Latinx activists, cultural workers, educators, and movement leaders creating change in their communitie
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Gabriela Barzallo
Somos Latinx
Brazil’s Carnival Tells a Story of Black Resistance & Joy. ...
On a typical warm and humid March evening in Rio de Janeiro, Jamilly Marques walked through a crowded and vibrant sambadrome, a venue where the big samba s
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Beatriz Miranda
Somos Latinx
4 Latinas On The Upside Of Living With Family (Even If Your Mom I...
\ At the beginning of the year, I began exploring the possibility of moving out again. Like many others, a couple of months into the pandemic, I decided it
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Jacqueline Delgad...
Somos Latinx
Let Selena Quintanilla Rest in Peace
Twenty-nine years after her untimely death, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez is still a hard act to follow. She is undisputedly the queen of Tejano music and is r
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Isabela Raygoza
Somos Latinx
We Can’t Blame Our Elders for Falling for Health Scams — But We C...
Johanna Muy has enjoyed helping others since she was a child. A former volunteer crafts teacher, Muy became a promotora at New York’s Grameen Promotoras
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Ingrid Cruz
Fashion
Kress Ignited My Love for Fashion — Now It’s Another Casual...
One of my favorite childhood memories happened while I was wearing an outfit my mom bought for me at Kress: It was a red top-and-skirt combo with a ruffled
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Frances Solá-Sant...
Powered Down
How A Culture Of Marianismo Fuels Latina Burnout
We’re living in a world with no off switches and our burnout is at a boiling point. Powered Down explores how the system has failed us and what we can do
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Jasmine Rangel
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Cuerpo
As the Fat Daughter of Immigrants, Dieting was a Toxic Component ...
When I was around eight years old, I had a pink and purple diary with scalloped pages. On its hard-plastic cover, there was an anthropomorphic bear dressed
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Virgie Tovar
Cuerpo
No, The Curvy Latina Ideal Isn’t Healthier than Other Beaut...
There’s a memory that I’ve never been able to shake. I’m seven years old, standing in front of my 13-inch TV, watching the music video for Big Pu
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Raquel Reichard
Cuerpo
Navigating Transness in an Immigrant Home Has Brought Me Heartbre...
My parents always made birthdays a grand occasion. When I was a kid, my mami would bring a cake to my grade-school class; in those moments, as I sat in fro
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Rommy Torrico
Cuerpo
How Claiming My Brownness Helped Me Decolonize My Ideas Of Beauty
The first time I became aware that I was different from some of the folks I would call “mi gente” was when Disney’s animated drama Pocahontas came ou
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Prisca Dorcas Moj...
Cuerpo
Eating Disorders Don’t Discriminate — But Treatment Does
Cam Herrera was 14 years old when her eating disorder (ED) started. At her predominantly white middle school in Plainview, Long Island, she was the only La
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Raquel Reichard
Cuerpo
My Black Latina Body Doesn’t Make Me Desirable. I Do
When meeting potential romantic suitors, I find myself refraining from sharing that I’m Dominican. It’s not that I’m ashamed; with my friends, I’ll
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Gloria Malone
Cuerpo
I Didn’t Think My Disabled Body Could Be Beautiful — Now I ...
When I was as young as eight years old, I remember not feeling beautiful. I wasn’t tall, I didn’t have green or blue eyes, and my hair wasn’t blond.
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Tamara Mena
Somos Latinx
Women Rule Dembow Music — Even Amid The Industry’s Rampant Sexism...
Ten years later, Dominican dembow is neck-deep in a contemporary revival and progressive usher into the mainstream—but women and nonbinary artists are be
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Marjua Estevez
Somos Latinx
How Pole Dancer Cami Árboles Learned to Get Out of Her Own Way
If Cami Árboles could travel through time, she would deliver a pertinent message to her younger self: “Stop gatekeeping yourself.” She could have used
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Yara Simón
Somos Latinx
How I’m Healing Anti-Blackness in My Family Through Cafecit...
When I was five months pregnant with my son Rio, I couldn’t wait to get one of those 3D scans that show you a translucent sketch of your baby to fina
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Melania Luisa Marte
Somos Latinx
Even if She Doesn’t Become President of Colombia, Francia M...
Born in Colombia’s gold-panning river town of La Toma in 1982, Francia Márquez Mina grew up amid poverty and armed conflict, with few prospects ahead of
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Christina Noriega
Somos Latinx
Goyo Found Herself While Rapping About Her Ancestors
Goyo’s objective in music was clear from the start: “Chocquibtown was born out of love and a sense of responsibility to our people and where we come fr
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Marjua Estevez
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