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“La Primera Vez” is the digital talk show that lets you get to know your favorite LatinX celebrities. In this episode, host Christina Reid sits down with Jackie Cruz. The Dominican-American actress, singer, and producer talks about her experience in the diverse cast of Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black,” [...]

“La Primera Vez” is the digital talk show that lets you get to know your favorite LatinX celebrities. In this episode, host Christina Reid sits down with singer-songwriter, Maria Isabel. The New York-based Dominican singer talks about the influential women in her life, her experience as a first-gen American, [...]

“La Primera Vez” is the digital talk show that lets you get to know your favorite LatinX celebrities. In this episode, host Christina Reid sits down with Julio Macias. The Mexican-American actor talks about his experience leaving Mexico when he was younger, how he discovered a passion for acting, his [...]

Elisa Sapalú has been helping her parents make ends meet since she was 7 years old. Born and raised in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala, Elisa and her parents are indigenous Mayans, just like the majority of Atitlán residents. Elisa learned the ancestral art of beading necklaces and bracelets, and for each [...]

On a predictably bright and balmy day in aseasonal Los Angeles, Nancy Gamboa and her daughter Paloma Maisonet sat down with me for a conversation that was all but predictable. The pair flowed effortlessly from discussing a wide array of artistic expression to elaborating on their expansive (if somewhat divergent) [...]