Latinidad

I never realized until I went to El Salvador for the first time what pedir de fiado was. It was like a mix of asking for a favor, a credit, and sometimes a paying it forward sort of thing.

Policy change is the tip of the pyramid, and our Community’s Cultural Capital is the base.

A primer.

We must build bigger tables and break bread with one another instead of building walls, physical or otherwise.

“No one should be ashamed of who they are, what they wear, how they speak.”

Fans are holding their breath for the release of his first album in over a decade.

My mother became a wife at the age of 14 years old.

That abyss of possibility where forgiveness isn’t free but earned.

My parents believed that when we came to the United States, it was better if I didn’t speak Spanish outside the house.

I was adopted for a purpose and I learned to serve it.

I became a kingpin of contraband prose.

“We don’t want to forget that history, that history that is grounded in Mexican-ness,” said Lydia Otero, a professor of Mexican-American studies at the University of Arizona.

History should never be forgotten.

Our apartment in Queens, New York, was adorned by at least 10 rosaries, five portraits of the Virgin Mary and seven crosses.

The question “Where are you from?” can be quite confusing for children of immigrants.

This is a very personal story that is still in the midst of intense struggle. There isn’t a happy ending, and the lessons learned are not lessons anyone would ever want to learn.

It’s ok to talk about it.

I grew up being called la oveja negra.

What do we do when we hear an individual or a marginalized collective use derogatory terms towards another marginalized community?

I dare someone call me spicy.

Meet the four scholarship recipients who had the opportunity to go to Las Vegas and attend the Latin Grammys.