Fifty million people suffer through chronic pain in the US. This pain isn’t exclusive to bodily injury; for some, it is a physical manifestation of our anxieties. What happens to our body when our mind ...
I love the internet, man. As a Millennial, it could be assumed that I’m addicted to it. In reality, the web gives us profound ways to connect with other people and the development of social ...
I get heated when I talk about education. Even more so when I recognize how far we’ve come and how much further we still have left to go. I took umbrage with my school experience, ...
I’ve worked a job since before I could drive a car. I knew that money talks early on and that it was the key to getting an education and the life I wanted for myself. ...
Thank God the holiday season is over! We have the joy of spending time with our family and friends, but the stress of it gets to us. Our loved ones mean well when they inevitably ...
LA-based photographer Fabian Guerrero grew up in Tamaulipas, Mexico, a US-Mexico border town near the southern most tip of Texas. In this region, Norteño and Ranchero culture is heavily celebrated. Like many cultures in the ...
It’s no secret Latinx creatives have been working and striving in the background for years. We’re only now seeing a stronger push for inclusion across all popular media. But what about the people who opened ...
Let’s face it, 2019 has been a year filled with a whole lot of shitty news. All you have to do is open Facebook, or turn on the news and you’ll be greeted with another ...
Like any self-respecting Latina, cleaning my house is a weekly ritual I can’t afford to miss. It’s more than just making sure there aren’t dirty dishes or dust on the floor – it’s about cleansing ...
Uzumaki Cepeda grew up in a Dominican community and experienced repeated sexual abuse as a child. Instead of letting this trauma define her, she utilizes it to do good. Cepeda channels her pain into creating ...
I often dream of what it will be like to look back on my life in old age. How will my present shape my future? I love listening to stories from older generations about life, ...
Seeing our family and hometown friends is one of the best parts of the holiday. But, when we travel, garbage can add up quickly. Luckily, it’s really easy to minimize our trash as we trek ...
I’m back at it with a new music playlist for you all, ladies and germs. We have officially hit December, so a lot of new releases you’ll hear this month will be holiday-themed – but ...
Julio Salgado was born in Ensenada, Mexico in 1983, and emigrated to the U.S. in 1995 with his family after his younger sister was diagnosed with a life threatening kidney disease. After he and his ...
The holidays are a wonderful time for families to get together and share a meal. Though many of us are lucky to experience this over the holidays, 37 million people are food insecure in the ...
Adhara Perez may only be just eight years old, but her brain intelligence has catapulted her into a realm beyond any young child’s imagination. Perez, who possesses an IQ of 162, now rises to the ...
In an article published earlier this year, Forbes magazine gathered quantitative evidence to conclude that Hispanic community has “contributed significantly” to the growth of the US economy. The recognition of Hispanic power in the workforce ...
Cardi B’s rise to fame is one of the most well documented in our social media-driven era. We love to focus on her personality, what she wears, and what she’ll do next. Like all women ...
Don’t you hate it when the “New Music” charts are full of songs that were released months ago? There are so many artists killing the music game right now, so let’s listen to their recent ...
We’re less than one month away from 2020 – a fresh decade sure to be filled with new technological advances that will make life as we know it, that much easier. The last decade brought ...
In the era of “OK Boomer,” it’s important to remember that while we can get upset at older generations for not keeping up with the times, they have a ton of knowledge about life in ...
There are so many fabulous LatinX artists working on projects that we never get to see. Instagram is a great equalizer for finding art that connects with you and invites something new into your life. ...
Denise Lopez is a Puerto Rican ceramicist who is the owner and operator of D: Ceramics, a small studio located in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. After dabbling in graphic design, Lopez was ...
The term “giving back” is very prominent in Latinx techie Eliana Murillo’s life. Murillo works as not only the head of multicultural marketing at Google, but also as the CMO of her family owned Tequila ...
Growing up bilingual in the US was a big challenge for me. The older I got, the less I felt that I was able to express how I was feeling accurately. Little did I know ...
Everyone should own a beautiful winter coat that suits their personality. I wore ill-fitting cold weather clothes for years before finding a jacket that made me feel warm and happy. When I found the coat ...
The Latinx population is a major cultural and economic force in the United States. GDP among the U.S. Latinx population increased to $2.3 trillion in 2017, up from $1.7 trillion in 2010. To put that ...
As a kid, I starved for media that represented my community and values. Today, our people are still hungry, but with more mentors emerging, I’m proud to recognize we are making our way. Entrepreneur and ...
Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over whether Trump was justified in seeking to end one of Obama’s landmark executive orders. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was a program established in 2012 under ...
Earlier this week Julián Castro graced the soundstage of the Daily Show with Trevor Noah and delivered his best on-air interview yet. He announced that his campaign was financially healthy—having met their fundraising goals—and dug ...