Maribel: If you’ve been listening to the Pulso Podcast, you already know that we tell the stories from unheard voices and unheard perspectives very often. But one thing that you might be wondering is what is Pulso, and how did it all come about? So I brought it…
You’ve heard this stat before “Latinos are underrepresented in____” add your industry of choice after that. The media, and the news, lack Latino representation, too. According to the Pew Research Center, only 8% of journalists in the United States are Latino, despite us making up nearly 20% of…
Liz AlarcĂłn: When someone hears the national anthem at a naturalization ceremony or at the Olympics, the song is meant to instill a sense of pride in the United States, just like my parents felt watching me in that school play. Some of us may even well up…
Studies find that Latino stories aren’t being told enough. So why are our books being banned in schools? According to the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, only 5% of books published for young readers are by or about Latinos. This lack of representation goes beyond fiction books. Latino students…
Almost 70 years ago, legendary artist, activist and one of our favorite icons, Frida Kahlo, passed away, leaving behind a forever-lasting legacy. You can’t go anywhere without coming across an image of Frida. From the decorative throws at your favorite Mexican restaurant, to seeing her face printed on…
Juneteenth (June 19th) marks the date that the last people who were enslaved in the United States, located in Texas, were declared free in 1865. What is less known is that there were far more enslaved people brought to Latin America than the U.S during the Trans-Atlantic Slave…
MARIBEL VO: If you’re driving through the hip Santurce area of San Juan, PR you’ll come across a giant mural on the side of a building depicting a young Boricua with a bright smile, holding something shiny. Her name is Monica (Pweeg) Puig, and in Puerto Rico, she’s…
LIZ: We’ve talked about representation in media a lot here on the Pulso Pod, and it’s because it matters. The images we see or don’t see in the movies, commercials, TV shows, on billboards, in magazines, those formulate ideas in our minds about what is possible for us.…
Aaron Martinez was found dead in his truck with multiple gunshot wounds. He was 35 years-old and leaves behind a 14-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son. Family members are calling for his murderer, Trevor McEuen, to be charged with a hate crime. Martinez’s father, Salvador, told CBS News Texas…
Hey Pulso Fam, last season here on the Pulso Podcast, Maribel — who’s happily on vacation in Mexico right now — and I, went into it on “Mom to Mom.” If you haven’t heard that episode, it’s a candid conversation about how we’re raising Colombian-Venezuelan-Mexican-African American children in…