Día de Muertos is a time to reconnect with our ancestors con cariño. Families will gather at cemeteries to clean and decorate their loved ones’ last resting place with cempasúchil flowers, colorful papel picado and favorite foods. An altar, or ofrenda, to honor your deceased can be simple,…

Once you’ve had a whiff of the Flor de Muertos, you won’t forget it. That’s because the cempasúchil, or ‘flower of the dead,’ has a unique pungent scent. By mid-October, this flower with the color of a deep sunset, is part of many Día de Muertos celebrations. But…

Have you heard of glamorous “glammas”? Latina innovator Maxeme Tuchman says they’re young-at-heart abuelitas 👵🏾 who are 50-64 and tech-savvy 💻 and beam with pride over their grandbabies. If they don’t live nearby, they worry that the little ones will forget all about their Nana. Fortunately, technology offers…

When Principal Carla Barrera-Ortiz founded STEAM Legacy High School in Los Angeles, she set out to inspire more Latinx students to take an interest in science, technology, math, arts and engineering. She knew it wouldn’t happen overnight. Most of her students come from low-income families and are immigrants…

Hispanics are the largest growing ethnicity in America, and Islam is the largest growing relgion in the world. There is a correlation between the two: American Hispanics are the largest ethinicity group converting to Islam. Most of them are from Houston and Dallas, Texas. Morales, a Hispanic convert,…

In a heartfelt YouTube video, a member of the Nican Tlaca Warriors reminds Latinxs there is much to learn about their ancient indigeneous roots. She claims the very word “Latinx” may inadvertently be a way of allowing European colonialism. Most Latinxs do not immediately think to define themselves…

Amado Candelario grew up dreaming of becoming a Harvard student, one of the top Ivy League universities in the nation. Not a small feat, considering that only 4.5% of high-achieving applicants were accepted in 2019. But the teen, raised with his two sisters in Chicago by a single…

Ah, Halloween…where we can be anyone we want for a day, and when the internet goes crazy at all the culturally offensive costumes people choose to wear. “Cultural appropriation” is a term you’ll hear this Halloween season, but what does it actually mean? Essentially, it means wearing something…

In the United States, the 2nd Monday in October is Columbus Day. The first documented observance of Columbus Day was in 1792, on the 300th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival to the Western Hemisphere. This holiday is meant to honor the “discovery of America.” Let’s get it straight, though,…

Karlos and José Balderas are undefeated boxing trailblazers who went from street fights to boxing athletes competing in the Olympics. Their story begins with their grandfather, David Balderas sacrificed leaving his family in Oaxaca to join the Bracero Program that brought millions of Mexican guest workers to the…