New Music Picks: Sofia Reyes & Danna Paola, J Noa, Corina Smith, and More
New Music Picks: Sofia Reyes & Danna Paola, J Noa, Corina Smith, and More
Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list features Sofia Reyes' epic duet with Danna Paola, the explosive debut EP from J Noa, and Corina Smith's heartfelt album. Also on the list: Ana Macho's playful ode to excess, Kany García's healing ballad, and Monogem's feel-good [...]
Friday Film Roundup: The Little Mermaid, The Machine, Kandahar, and More
Friday Film Roundup: The Little Mermaid, The Machine, Kandahar, and More
Welcome to LATINA’s Friday Film Roundup, our weekly picks for the new movie releases on our radar. Somehow, on the same weekend that Disney’s “Little Mermaid” remake comes to theaters, so do two films based on the stand-up routines of two of the world’s most popular [...]
As Latino Workforce Grows, Company Culture Struggles to Adapt
As Latino Workforce Grows, Company Culture Struggles to Adapt
Latinos are driving the growth of the American labor force. In spite of this fact, Latino workers are regularly the targets of prejudice, often in the form of colorism and criticism towards their accents, according to a recent study by LinkedIn. The U.S. Department of Labor reports 29 million Latinos [...]
Q&A: Briana Mendez Seeks Out Collective Latinx Wisdom
Q&A: Briana Mendez Seeks Out Collective Latinx Wisdom
Name: Briana Mendez Age: 28 Homebase: Tampa, Florida Tu país: Puerto Rico Describe your professional role(s): Co-founder of La Nueva Link, Creative Strategist & Brand Partnerships What's been your journey to your current profession? I’ll never forget those moments feeling seen in my bi-cultural identity as a Puerto Rican growing up in [...]
Q&A: Deb Renteria Pushes Pa’lante
Q&A: Deb Renteria Pushes Pa’lante
Name: Deborah “Deb” Renteria Age: 31 Homebase: Harlem, NY to Los Angeles, CA Tu país: Mexico Describe your professional role(s): Co-founder of La Nueva Link & Executive Director of Inclusive Creative and Marketing Strategy at Lionsgate What's been your journey to your current profession? 3 words: Creativity, Healing, and Sacrifice. The moment [...]
‘Okupas’ Serves as a Time Capsule of Argentina Pre-Economic Collapse
‘Okupas’ Serves as a Time Capsule of Argentina Pre-Economic Collapse
Earlier this year, the Argentine TV series “Okupas” was re-released on Netflix. Originally airing from October through December of 2000, right before Argentina descended into a dire economic crisis in 2001, “Okupas” follows Ricardo, a middle-class twenty-four-year old who has just dropped out of medical school. In the first episode [...]
Dancer Camila Arroyo and Designer Sabrina Ol Visualize a Contemporary Soldadera
Dancer Camila Arroyo and Designer Sabrina Ol Visualize a Contemporary Soldadera
"Soldaderas" is a collaboration and co-production between fashion designer Sabrina Olivera and dancer Camila Arroyo. Sabrina recently launched her fashion brand Sabrina Ol with a collection conceived as a homage to the Soldaderas, the women fighters of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Both creatives met soon after the launch and [...]