For our final installments of our Latinx Heritage Month Feature series, we share the stories of three staff members working at LatinX. We ask Val Souza, Jessica Hoppe, and Freddy Izaguirre what their heritage means ...
For our final installments of our Latinx Heritage Month Feature series, we share the stories of three staff members working at super{set}, a San Francisco-based startup studio. We ask employees Melissa Lugo, Martìn Vargas-Vega, and ...
Puerto Rican born Melissa Lugo is Head of Marketing for Eskalera Inc, a company that specializes in Diversity and Inclusion education in the workplace. I begin by acknowledging the country where I came from, Puerto ...
When was the last time you were invited to a classy formal dinner party with multiple courses of food served on fine china? The answer is likely years ago, or even never. Vox recently published ...
Despite being LGBTQ+ and his negative feelings around institutionalized religion, World Nomad Patrick Abboud travels to Mexico to meet the passionate pilgrims who walk on their knees in devotion at the Fiesta of the Virgin ...
Victoria Vonderheyden is a multidisciplinary artist who showcases her talent for sculpting, painting, making headdresses, jewelry, and others by utilizing her family’s powerful story of resilience and weaving it into every piece. She juxtaposes their ...
Being Latinx is so much more than speaking Spanish or having that “complexion.” As we make our way into National Hispanic Heritage Month, join in the conversation on Latin American identity with these students from ...
Every year, Google hosts a Doodle for Google contest, selecting one winner out of the hundreds of thousands of applications received. Arantza Peña Popo, a Colombia native and recent high school graduate from Georgia, is ...
Have you ever felt left out of the group because you aren’t similar enough? Have you ignored someone based on visible differences between you two? These kinds of actions are called “othering.” It’s something that ...
Look out, bubble tea fans! A tapioca-themed Instagram playground is coming to Tokyo later this summer. Tokyo Tapioca Land, based in Tokyo’s Harajuku neighborhood, will feature bubble tea-themed rides, photo opportunities, and of course, a ...
Mijo, Welcome to the world, baby boy. I’m half-Salvadoran and half-Bolivian. Your daddy is mostly Italian, which means pupusas, saltenas, and a lot of raviolis in your future. He and I met at a concert ...
Being biracial or mixed-race in our society typically means being asked to choose which culture you identify with more. According to this video, produced by The Atlanta Black Star, a lot of Afro-Latinx’s identify as ...
The beauty of being from another culture is the fact that we have a complex and diverse background. The terms Latino and Hispanic are not synonymous and here’s why:
Code-switching is a term in linguistics referring to using more than one language or dialect in conversation. It is not limited to just languages, but also how we modify our speech when we are around ...
San Juan de la Vega is not your average village in Mexico. Every year, the Festival of San Juanito, a Robin Hood-like figure, calls for the smashing of homemade explosives with the strike of a ...
When I think of Latinx, I think of diversity. From the natural landscapes, to the food, which use a variation of the same ingredients but with different purposes. I also think of the vast array ...
Cinco de Mayo is more than just a plain excuse for Americans to whip out sombreros and consume tacos and beer like there’s no tomorrow. In fact, many of us probably don’t know the actual ...
In San José Buenavista, Mexico, Francisco, the self-proclaimed “Piñata King,” and his family have been producing colorful piñatas for 50 years. Despite making a beautiful object meant to be broken, the process is not only ...
Singer and actor Lenny Kravitz cordially invites you on a virtual tour of his Brazilian farm compound, courtesy of Architectural Digest! Located in the remote foothills, the home is built on a former coffee plantation ...
Last weekend, the Brooklyn Museum hosted a one-of-a-kind display featuring life-size sculptures of Cardi B, Jaden Smith, Juice WRLD, and Gunna. Photo Credit @NuevaYorka The installation was sponsored by Spotify’s RapCaviar, and was designed to ...
It’s a bleak world for inmates serving life sentences for crimes such as murder, fraud, and drug trafficking. Yet, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, female convicts have a chance to look forward to something truly ...
All the comedy nerds in the house say ‘aye’– aye. For those of us who live to laugh, comedians are the storytellers we turn to because they boldly speak our truth. They will say what ...
Whether you’re the cultured reader among your friends (show off) or haven’t seriously read a book since college (we feel you), books feed your soul and quite frankly in this technology-obsessed day and age, all ...
Charrería, Mexico’s national sport, is much like the rodeo found in the United States — equally high stakes, similar competition and same machismo. Charros, horsemen adorned in ornate costumes and oversized sombreros, are synonymous with ...
“Getting a tattoo relaxes me.” – Rachel La Loca We love it when hosts Rachel La Loca, Juan Bago, JFernz, and Frank Nibbs from Latinos Out Loud get together to talk about this week’s hottest ...
There are beautiful places in this world worth exploring, and it’s a great opportunity to get out of your comfort zone and experience something exciting and enriching. Although making sure your passport is up to ...
In this episode of Skin Deep from Refinery29, follow Desi Perkin‘s adventures around LA as she visits different stores specializing in Latinx beauty. She learns about LA’s best-kept underground beauty secrets by trying organic Mexican ...
Hot-tempered. Jealous. Charming dancer. Party-goer. Do any of these sound like familiar Latinx stereotypes? Which ones are true? Which ones aren’t? Dating Beyond Borders asks a group of individuals to help break them down to ...
It may come as no surprise that Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez is under the microscope again. This time all the attention is on her name, cause you know, “she’s doing the Latina thing.” Pronouncing or writing your ...
Nope, you don’t need to travel all the way to Honduras to taste great Honduran cuisine. Just ask Lucas Peterson from Eater, who went to Austin, Texas to try Honduran street food at Sabor a ...
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