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For most of my life, I’ve been Luca, the one trying to keep it cool, constantly having to say: Silenzio, Bruno. Which got me thinking… Why was Luca the way he was? Why did all that anxiety seem so familiar?

The thing that differentiates ‘Never Have I Ever’ from other series for me is Fabiola Torres, the shy, nerdy, robotics-loving, polo shirt-wearing wearing Afro-Latina lesbian I’ve been waiting for.

Today, I watched ‘Banana Land: Blood, Bullets, & Poison,’ created in 2014. And I am outraged. Horrified. Going in, I knew Chiquita was bad but had no idea how violent companies like them really are.

I spoke to Dominique Nieves, one of the filmmakers featured in PBS’s ‘The Latino Experience’ to learn more about her journey creating media from a Latina’s perspective today.

HBO’s Genera+ion shows what it means for a young, queer Latina to fumble through romance for the first time. It’s not just a romcom, but a journey that is complex,…

When I was little, it seemed like my path of love was clear as a Latina woman: meet a Hispanic Catholic guy, date him for about two years (but stay a virgin, of course), then marry and have a lot of kids. The problem with the supposed “straight and narrow” path happens when you venture away from it.

Based on one of the most epic Twitter threads of all time, ‘Zola’ (the film) is directed by a Latina Janizca Bravo and features Latino star Colman Domingo.

#TheLatinaPress is a monthly newsletter, dishing up the top stories, trends, and media conversations by and for Latinas. In Issue 3, we get into ‘In the Heights,’ Pride, immigration, and so much more!

Last week, I put on my mask and walked shoulder to shoulder with hundreds of people into AT&T park to watch In the Heights. The film was billed as the…

Latinx stories have been finding their home in podcasting, calling back to a rich history of oral, familial storytelling and, of course, chisme. Check out these eleven podcasts that are doing the work of putting Latin American and immigrant stories front and center, told in our own voices and to our own rhythms.