Lina Light is Raising Her Voice for Multiple Sclerosis
Lina Light is Raising Her Voice for Multiple Sclerosis
Angelina Cubero was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2020, but had been experiencing symptoms for almost a decade prior. “Now, I'm able to look back and piece it together and be like, ‘maybe it started here’ or ‘maybe it started then,’ and it can go as far back to [...]
It’s Time To Play Salsa During Hikes: How I Overcame Granola Culture
It’s Time To Play Salsa During Hikes: How I Overcame Granola Culture
I became a “granola” girl while working as a conservation intern during my sophomore year of high school. It was during this experience in the woods that I learned about a few hiking quirks. I was enamored by the term “send it,” used by outdoorsy people to mean "go for [...]
Treat Yourself With These 10 Gifts For Valentine’s Day
Treat Yourself With These 10 Gifts For Valentine’s Day
The relationship you have with yourself is the most important. Yet when it comes to the very romantic day of the year, Valentine’s Day, we automatically embrace the holiday with open arms as a time to spoil a significant other with a present that reflects our attentiveness to the relationship. [...]
20 Latin-Owned Holiday Gifts for Any and All Beauty Lovers
20 Latin-Owned Holiday Gifts for Any and All Beauty Lovers
For the Latin community, Navidad begins as a beautiful banquet full of Buñuelos, Croquettes, Natilla, Arroz con Leche, y mas, as we wait for the clock to strike 12 so we can officially get to unwrapping. You know how that goes. Christmas Eve or Noche Buena is our official Christmas [...]
Two Latina Therapists on the Importance of Prioritizing Mental Health
Two Latina Therapists on the Importance of Prioritizing Mental Health
Since 1949, the month of May has been designated to Mental Health Awareness. In the midst of the recent school shooting in Uvalde, the ongoing war in Ukraine and the ever-present pandemic, it has become increasingly important to check in on our mental health. As the month comes to an [...]
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 [...]
How Michelle Badillo Defied Her Own Barriers
How Michelle Badillo Defied Her Own Barriers
When Michelle Badillo reluctantly agreed to attend college, she told her mother that she would become a screenwriter. Badillo had the intention of alarming her mother; she did not anticipate that her mother would fully support her decision and pay for it, too. “I was an idiot,” Badillo laughs from [...]