Even though she’s reached the height of her field, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor still deals with ‘imposter syndrome,’ that negative inner voice that makes you doubt your abilities. “I am always looking over my shoulder, wondering if I measure up,” she told NPR. Despite that inner critic,…
Afro-Latina author brings courage, struggles to life in “The Poet X” As an 8th grade teacher in Maryland, Elizabeth Acevedo was stunned when one of her students refused to read the books she recommended. When asked why, the student said that none of them reflected Latinxs. That set…
Let’s face it…our culture and family dynamics are embedded in our DNA. No matter how far we may be from abuela’s house, we take our antics wherever we go! Here are 6 memes that will make you laugh with joy at our Hispanic heritage: There’s just not enough…
2019 marks half a century since Congress authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to proclaim National Hispanic Heritage Week. In these 51 years, nuestra gente has achieved incredible successes! Here are five facts to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month that will make you PROUD! 1) There are almost 60 million…
The dangerous immigration policies of this administration have us on alert. With so many of us in a constant state of fear, it can make it easy to forget to celebrate ourselves and everything we contribute to American life. Source: ImmigrantPowered.org There’s no better time to remind ourselves…
Performers at the Hispanic Day Parade in New York City./James Keivom/New York Daily News Hispanic Heritage Month is about embracing and uplifting Latinx contributions to the very fabric of our society. VotoLatino Instagram. There’s no shortage of Latinx titans to look up to, pioneers who’ve become our heroes…
Carmen Emilia Hernandez de Jimenez registered to vote on the same day her naturalization ceremony was held./Stephanie Whitfield/KHOU It’s never too late to vote. Carmen Emilia Hernandez de Jimenez knows. The Colombian native who lives in Katy, Texas, became a U.S. citizen just weeks before her 103rd birthday.…
The democratic candidates for president will face off this week in the second round of debates. With the field of major contenders having narrowed to 11 presidential hopefuls, each one now has more pressure to be bold about the issues we care about. According to a poll that…
The third Democratic Presidential debate on September 12 will help us choose our favorite of the 11 candidates. And, let’s face it, it’s hard to be Latinx today without having to defend ourselves. We’ve been criminalized by Trump, harassed for speaking Spanish in public, unjustly jailed and even…
The third Democratic Presidential debate on September 12 will help us choose our favorite of the 11 candidates. And, let’s face it, it’s hard to be Latinx today without having to defend ourselves. We’ve been criminalized by Trump, harassed for speaking Spanish in public, unjustly jailed and even…
