A M'ija to Meet: Cristina, Dominican and Spanish
What I love about being Latina: My dark eyes, black hair, pale olive skin, and my ability to break into Spanish in a split second or overhear something in Spanish […]
Championing Your Daughter
In the fight for a positive body image, parents might easily feel as if their role in championing their daughters’ self-confidence is negated by the rush of media presented to […]
Excerpt of radio interview for Hijas Americanas
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Are you or someone you know living with breast cancer?
Hello all! I am doing three portraits of women who are currently living with breast cancer (so still in treatment or a case like Elizabeth Edward’s where remission is unlikely […]
Daisy Fuentes, Girls on the Run, Hijas Americanas, and Fitness Magazine
Here is a statistic from the Growing Up Latina survey that 521 women completed in support of the research for Hijas Americanas: 84% of respondents feel that women today are […]
Don't believe everything you see…
A few weeks ago, the Today Show did a feature on enhanced magazine covers and photos– which are really the rule rather than the exception. I was reminded of how […]
A M'ija to Meet: Christina, Puerto Rican/ Mixed
What I love about being Latina: The importance of family, food as a showing of love, Spanglish What I love about being Americana: Generally being able to be queer without […]
Article from La Palma Interactivo
Here’s an article on Hijas Americanas from Friday’s La Palma Interactivo (Flordia). If you speak Spanish, check it out.
A job opportunity at UCLA
ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWER POSITION The UCLA Library’s Center for Oral History Research is looking to hire an interviewer/project coordinator in Latina and Latino history. This individual will be responsible for […]
Goodreads: 10 between 20 and 30
Have you checked out goodreads.com? It’s a social networking site where you list the books you have read, rate them, and then link to your friends so they can see […]
