Yazmin Juarez lost her 21-month-old daughter, Mariee, on the day Mother’s Day is celebrated back in her home country of Guatemala. The toddler died after contracting a lung infection while held in immigrant detention. The distraught, but courageous mom sought justice for her daughter by testifying at a…

Ramon Torres is an exemplary U.S. citizen with a family, a home and reputation as an honest man. Yet, none of that mattered when he was racially profiled for his brown skin and Latin American name by local cops who arrested him on suspicion of drunk driving in…

When Daniel Anguli arrived in Houston from Mexico, he barely spoke English. But he used his gift for graffiti art to express himself, and since then he’s painted over 100 murals across the Texas city. His art, along with that of many other Latinx graffiti artists , has…

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,…

By now you’ve probably heard of the handful of immigrant children who have perished while in U.S. custody recently. But now there is ample evidence that they are also suffering terrible treatment by others, including sexual abuse and rape. A report shows that thousands of immigrant children said…

In June we celebrate Immigrant Heritage Month to recognize that immigrants contribute in multiple ways to the thriving economy and overall abundance of this country. But many immigrants live in a climate of fear, especially if they or someone in their family are undocumented. For some immigrants who…

When we read about the health of Latinxs, the focus tends to lean in a more negative trajectory. We encounter statistics about Latinx communities dealing with higher rates of diabetes and heart disease than their non-Latinx counterparts. But a new study shows that despite being more economically disadvantaged,…

These young women can expect their princess-like ball gowns, the much-anticipated waltz and an ensemble of attendants and madrinas and padrinos at their 15th birthday. These are the hallmarks of a traditional Quinceañera, the coming-of-age celebration marking a Latina’s transition into womanhood. But starting this year, these big…