How 'Spy Kids' Helped Me Feel Proud of My Long Latinx Name
…remembered Carmen Elizabeth Juanita Echo Sky Brava Cortez and Juni Rocket Racer Rebel Cortez (now, I know those names sound like they were written by someone who isn’t Latinx and…
…remembered Carmen Elizabeth Juanita Echo Sky Brava Cortez and Juni Rocket Racer Rebel Cortez (now, I know those names sound like they were written by someone who isn’t Latinx and…
…reminds us of the need for change. Suzanne Gamboa and Nicole Acevedo from NBCNews interviewed human and immigration rights advocates who described that while horrified by the deaths, they were…
…us into Ale’s headspace. Whenever faced with a confrontation with Elizabeth, we are suddenly transported to a dragon’s lair – Ale is clad in a knight’s armor, and Elizabeth is…
…truly comes to life in Tortilla Soup, in which three adult sisters, Maribel (Tamara Mello), Leticia (Elizabeth Peña), and Carmen (Jacqueline Obradors) share a suburban LA home with their somewhat…
…York. There, we meet Olga Acevedo, a wedding planner with a successful career, and her brother Pedro, a Brooklyn-based congressman. When their radical activist mother, Blanca decides to re-enter their…
…a cast full of them, including Elizabeth Peña, Luis Guzman, John Leguizamo, Jay Hernandez, and Melonie Diaz. It follows a Puerto Rican family who reunites in Chicago to spend the…
…Goodreads, and more, Xochitl Gonzalez’s debut novel Olga Dies Dreaming details the life of Olga Acevedo, a wedding planner for the East Coast elite, as she navigates relationships, family drama,…
…the web of deception, and get to the bottom of the truth, in this must-read book. Inheritance: A Visual Poem by Elizabeth Acevedo After the success of The Poet X,…
…challenges of single motherhood, career, and family, all while finding humor and solace within the bonds of sisterhood in this absorbing dramedy.” The Director: Ben Snyder The Cast: Elizabeth Rodriguez,…
…his career in Argentina, and heading to Hollywood in 1951. He leaned into the stereotype, perpetually playing the sexy leading man opposite actresses including Elizabeth Taylor, Lana Turner, and Esther…