Thalía Gochez Captures the Raw Glamour of the Girls Room
Thalía Gochez Captures the Raw Glamour of the Girls Room
So what really goes on inside a girls’ room? Through photographer Thalía Gochez’s lens, you’ll find a delicate world of frills, fishnets, and cheetos. In her latest photo series “Baile,” Gochez drew inspiration from late 90s and early 2000s’ disposable film photographs of girls getting ready in their rooms. “I [...]
Friday Film Roundup: ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter,’ ‘Jules,’ ‘Aporia,’ and More
Friday Film Roundup: ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter,’ ‘Jules,’ ‘Aporia,’ and More
If you’re looking for one more dose of the summer movie season, a new Dracula origin story called "The Last Voyage of the Demeter" just might scratch that itch. Other than that, this weekend belongs to the indies. But don’t let that turn you off if low budget flicks aren’t [...]
Is Chile’s Lithium In Good Hands?
Is Chile’s Lithium In Good Hands?
A three-part series exploring the current state of South America’s “Lithium Triangle,” comprising Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile. We explore the challenges each country faces in successfully mining and monetizing “The New Oil.” During an April 2022 visit to Argentina, his first visit abroad since he was elected president of Chile, [...]
Celebrating Ellen Ochoa: The First Latina in Space & NASA Trailblazer
Celebrating Ellen Ochoa: The First Latina in Space & NASA Trailblazer
“An experience unlike anything else,” is how former NASA astronaut Ellen Ochoa described being in space. In 1993, Ochoa broke the astronautical glass ceiling by becoming the first Latina astronaut to go to space. She told LATINA that the views of Earth aboard STS-56/Space Shuttle Discovery were “even more vivid [...]
Raul Lopez Chose to Defy The Odds
Raul Lopez Chose to Defy The Odds
For Raul Lopez, the designer and founder behind LUAR's namesake fashion brand (Raul spelled backward), success boils down to community — the chosen family beyond parents and siblings. Community isn't just buying merch or showing up to rallies with signs. For people like Lopez — born, raised and currently [...]
Melissa Lucio Deserves to Go Home
Melissa Lucio Deserves to Go Home
A little over a year before Casey Anthony caught national attention in 2008 for allegedly murdering her young daughter Caylee, a woman named Melissa Lucio was fighting for her life in a Brownsville, Texas police interrogation room. Cameron County Sheriffs had accused Lucio of murdering her two-year-old daughter Mariah, the [...]
Human Rights Activist Cesar Espinosa Fights for Immigrant Families
Human Rights Activist Cesar Espinosa Fights for Immigrant Families
At first glance, many might think Cesar Espinosa, 36, is too young to know much about immigration reform. Espinosa, who studied pre-law and political science at the University of Houston, has spent over a decade advocating locally and nationally in many public campaigns. He has fought for immigrant and student [...]