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Ilia Calderón: My Skin Color Doesn't Define Me
Ilia Calderón was still a little girl when she first experienced racism. But being rejected by part of her native Colombia's society would not deter …
5 years, 7 months ago
How I Made It: La Doña
Cecilia Peña-Govea who calls herself La Doña, grew up in the Mission District in San Francisco. She started playing music in her family's band at jus…
5 years, 7 months ago
By Right Of Discovery
On Thanksgiving Day, hundreds of people gather on Alcatraz Island, the famous former prison and one of the largest tourist attractions in San Francis…
5 years, 7 months ago
Kate's Summer
The summer of 2020 was filled with uncertainty as more than 20 million people in the U.S. were left unemployed — including Kate Bustamante’s parents.…
5 years, 7 months ago
Portrait Of: Gloria Estefan
Gloria Maria Milagrosa Fajardo Garcia was a shy, quiet young woman who joined a band named the Miami Latin Boys. Although she had no plans of interna…
5 years, 8 months ago
How I Made It: From Foster Kid to Judge
When she was nine years-old, Xiomara Torres fled the civil war in her home country of El Salvador and came to the U.S. As a child she adjusted to her…
5 years, 8 months ago
The Myth Of The 'Latino Vote'
A major lesson from the 2020 election is one that Latinos already know: The idea of a single “Latino vote” is a myth. Latinos and Latinas throughout …
5 years, 8 months ago
How I Made It: Las Cafeteras
Las Cafeteras are a band out of East LA that met while doing community organizing. They began playing at the Eastside Cafe, where they discovered Son…
5 years, 8 months ago
Reclaiming Our Homes
On March 14th of 2020, Martha Escudero and her two daughters became the first of a dozen unhoused families to occupy one of over a hundred vacant hou…
5 years, 8 months ago
The American Dream Daughter: A Conversation With Author Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
On paper, author Karla Cornejo Villavicencio is the poster child for the American Dream. She’s a Harvard graduate, a Yale Ph.D. candidate, and, now, …
5 years, 8 months ago