26-year-old Latina Kiara Cervantes is getting more attention than she bargained for, and for all the wrong reasons. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer, nicknamed āICE Baeā on social media, appeared in a viral photo that showed her providing security for Vice President Mike Pence during a…
Pollyanna Rodrigues De La Rosa didnāt realize she was Afro-Latina when she was growing up. Thatās because growing up, her family considered themselves simply āLatinosā. Her family didnāt talk about their Black heritage because doing so brought painful memories of discrimination and hate. That trauma manifested to the…
The Romeros are avid fans of the Texas Rangers baseball team. Watching games live at Globe Life Park in Arlington is a fun family affair for them, but mere hours after the news that a domestic terrorist claimed 22 lives in El Paso, this Latinx family became victims…
El Paso native Carlos Sanchez sees his city as a powerful symbol and place for immigrants to take refuge from the violence and devastation in their home countries. The Texas Monthly writer is no stranger to the resilience and strength that unites El Pasoans, and was not surprised…
When Barack Obama was elected U.S. president in 2008, he inspired an entire generation of young people to dream limitlessly. Now, Gina Rodriguez, star of The CWās Jane the Virgin, is planting the seed for a future Latina POTUS, as she defines a Disney character that a new…
Olga Custodio didnāt intend to become a Latina trailblazer. But she is! Olga is the first Latina U.S. Air Force pilot who retired as a Lieutenant Colonel.Ā After 24 years ofĀ service in the Airforce, Olga embarked on a 20-year-long career as a commercial pilot for American Airlines.…
Southern state governments may have unleashed a war on womenās rights through a series of anti-abortion bills this session, at least this Latina lawmaker in Dallas, Texas, isnāt keeping her arms crossed.Ā Democratic House Representative Victoria Neave wrote the Lavinia Masters Act to tackle the rape kit backlog…
Joanna Bonilla and her siblings lost their father in 2017 to internal bleeding from liver disease that went untreated. They didnāt get to say goodbye to their immigrant father who passed away in a hospital alone while he was in U.S. custody. Joanna canāt get her dad back,…
Colombian immigrant Angela Guzmanās eyes lit up at a job fair as she approached tech giant Appleās booth to learn about internship opportunities at the company. She hit the ground running as an intern in 2008, and was soon hired to help draft nearly 500 of these šššššššš…
Depression can happen to anyone, anywhere, and at anytime. For Honduran immigrant Marco Antonio MuƱoz death by suicide was a response to the emptiness and hopelessness he felt when his wife and child were ripped away from him. The 39-year-old father took his own life while held in…
