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When Jodi GonzĂĄlez and her son Michael of Central Texas started considering colleges, they were overwhelmed with the options. Factors like tuition, diversity and geography varied. That’s why they were relieved when Austin Community College reached out to them personally.  Michael graduated from a majority Latinx high school…

Pollyanna Rodrigues De La Rosa didn’t realize she was Afro-Latina when she was growing up. That’s because growing up, her family considered themselves simply ‘Latinos’. Her family didn’t talk about their Black heritage because doing so brought painful memories of discrimination and hate. That trauma manifested to the…

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…

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…