5 Latina Actresses Holding It Down on 90s TV in the US
…Latina, especially an Afro-Latina, on the right side of the law. Luna Lauren Veléz held it down as Detective Nina Moreno on the hit show New York Undercover from 1995…
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Latinx Leaders on Succeeding in Hollywood
…& Black. Her response to Hollywood? To let people know that she is proudly both Black and Latina. To hold it down for Afro-Latinas on television. And to produce her…
Q+A with Yasmín Ramírez, Author of "¡Ándale, Prieta!"
In her recently released ¡Ándale, Prieta!, Mexican-American author Yasmín Ramírez shares a moving ode to her childhood in El Paso, Texas, growing up a “prieta.” This debut memoir is a…
What I Learned by Watching PBS' 'Latino Americans'
It’s important that we, as Latinxs, know our history. That’s why documentaries like PBS’ Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped A Nation are so crucial. They not only illuminate…
#TheLatinaPress: Issue 11
A partnership between #WeAllGrow Latina and LatinaMedia.Co Black History Month It’s not news that the roles and contributions of Afro-Latinos continue to be marginalized. This month, Afro-Latinas continue to press the Latinx community…
Latinas HAVE THOUGHTS on ‘West Side Story’
…little brown bunheads to see an Afro-Latina front and center in such a big production. She simple is the epitome of a breakout star, and one hopes that Hollywood lets…
An Ode to Ana Morales of 'Gentefied'
…brought to the screen—both queer women, the latter Afro-Latina—but at the time, it wasn’t my story or my identity. Still, Ana (played by Honduran-American actor Karrie Martin) is the kind…
Latinas Can Do Anything. We Should Get Paid For It.
…sort of complex boss you root for even when you know she does wrong. We just want actresses like Torres to get more opportunities to play Afro-Latina characters instead of…
7 Latina Books That Are Getting the Hollywood Treatment
…Afro-Dominican author’s third novel, With the Fire on High, follows Afro-Latina Emoni, a teenage mother who dreams of becoming a chef and must balance everything in her hectic life to…
'Never Have I Ever’ and Fabiola Torres, the Afro-Latina Lesbian I’ve Been Waiting For
…protagonist Devi Vishwakumar—is Fabiola Torres, the shy, nerdy, robotics-loving, polo shirt-wearing wearing Afro-Latina lesbian I’ve been waiting for. Played by Black-Mexican-American actor Lee Rodriguez, Fabiola makes herself a scene-stealer from…