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 CW’s Jane the Virgin, is planting the seed for a future Latina POTUS, as she defines a Disney character that a new…
Olga Custodio didn’t 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. After 24 years of 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 women’s rights through a series of anti-abortion bills this session, at least this Latina lawmaker in Dallas, Texas, isn’t keeping her arms crossed. 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 didn’t get to say goodbye to their immigrant father who passed away in a hospital alone while he was in U.S. custody. Joanna can’t get her dad back,…
Colombian immigrant Angela Guzman’s eyes lit up at a job fair as she approached tech giant Apple’s 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 🎉🎄💍🎃🌟🍆🍊🍎…
Depression can happen to anyone, anywhere, and at anytime. For Honduran immigrant Marco Antonio Muñoz 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…
Selena Alvarenga is every good ol’ boy’s worst nightmare. She’s an educated gay Latina immigrant 🙌🏾 And she’s running for office. There are 283,000 Latinxs in all U.S. prisons right now and nearly one 1 in 3 federal prisoners are Latinxs. Plus, Latinos are four times as likely…
The 9/11 terrorist attacks shook Cesar Vargas to his core. He longed to fight for freedom alongside his friends in the military 🇺🇸 but his immigration status impeded him. It’s a reality that ate at him long before 2001. As a teenager he wanted to enlist in the…
An undocumented Mexican woman living in El Paso sought refuge in a shelter after suffering abuse at the hands of her domestic partner. Instead of finding a new lease on life, the unnamed woman was taken in handcuffs by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Her friends believe her…
