New Music Picks: Gaby Moreno, Becky G, Natti Natasha and More
New Music Picks: Gaby Moreno, Becky G, Natti Natasha and More
Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list features Gaby Moreno's beautiful duet with Oscar Isaac, Becky G's corridos tumbados with Peso Pluma, and Natti Natasha's club-ready anthem. Also on the list: Feid's freaky collaboration with Young Miko, PAMÉ's empowering "Bullet Put Down" and [...]
Looking Back at Carnaval: Go for the Samba and Leave With Saudade
Looking Back at Carnaval: Go for the Samba and Leave With Saudade
Every February since 1973, Brazil hosts several of the largest carnaval celebrations in the world. In Rio de Janeiro, the festival — which marks the date when Brazil became a Portuguese colony — has evolved into one of the most famous festivals in the world. Now signaling the beginning of [...]
Op-Ed: On the Freedom to Thrive
Op-Ed: On the Freedom to Thrive
Ten-year-old Wilton and his mother Meylin fled their home in Nicaragua seeking freedom and safety in the United States after enduring years of domestic abuse. When they finally arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border, where Meylin hoped to reunite with relatives and start a new life away from danger, immigration officials [...]
Skincare Maestra Andrea Ámez on Self-Love and Beauty Myths
Skincare Maestra Andrea Ámez on Self-Love and Beauty Myths
Melanated Skin Care Godmother/Goddess/Glow-up Maestra Andrea Ámez sat down with Alissa Lopez Serfozo to talk skin, beauty standards, and self-love. Here are 4 takeaways from the eye-opening conversation. Uno. In our digital age of Facetune and filters, unpacking stigmas in beauty and skincare is an important aspect of mental wellbeing. Andrea [...]
Becoming Kali Uchis
Becoming Kali Uchis
Kali Uchis wasn’t always a sultry singer, enticing viewers on Jimmy Fallon's “Tonight Show.” She didn’t always wear white coquette dresses or cute miniskirts. Nor did she always sensually slide her body across stage floors, singing “quien lo diria, que se podría hacer el amor [...]
Tiffany Alfonseca Pays Homage in Painting
Tiffany Alfonseca Pays Homage in Painting
Bronx-based and Dominican-American artist Tiffany Alfonseca reflects on the Afro-Latinx experience through her bold and vibrant works. As a mixed media artist, Tiffany combines acrylic paint, charcoal, and glitter for her creations, breathing life into the two-dimensional art form through texture and depth. She draws inspiration from her own background [...]
Embracing the Beauty of My Rizos
Embracing the Beauty of My Rizos
Growing up, my curls were a point of pain. My own culture glamorized straight hair, and at school, I was made fun of. I was called “Puff Ball,” “Frizz Puff,” names that drove me to believe that my hair was in fact, ugly. “Pelo malo.” Millions of women, including Latinas, [...]