At the Edge of Perception: Ingrid Rojas Contreras on Reclaiming ‘Curanderismo’
At the Edge of Perception: Ingrid Rojas Contreras on Reclaiming ‘Curanderismo’
Ingrid Rojas Contreras is soft-spoken, yet her words carve a space to remember. Her debut novel, set in Colombia against the backdrop of political instability and Pablo Escobar’s violent reign, “Fruit of the Drunken Tree,” was a semi-autobiographical novel. It vividly summons the turmoil of Colombia in the nineties [...]
8 Latino Horror Movies to Watch This Halloween
8 Latino Horror Movies to Watch This Halloween
If there’s one thing every Spanish-speaking country in the world can do, it’s tell a good horror story. There are no shortage of ghost stories to pull from and no dearth of terrifying creatures to think about as you fall asleep. With Halloween just a few days away, it’s time [...]
Chispa and GreenLatinos Want to Help You Foster Connections Based on Your Values
Chispa and GreenLatinos Want to Help You Foster Connections Based on Your Values
One thing that the over 366 million users worldwide can agree on is that — and there’s no surprise here — online dating can be tough. Finding the right match on apps like Tinder and Hinge can be hard when there are so many options and everyone’s out to make [...]
Friday Film Roundup: Guardians Vol. 3, Love Again, One Ranger, and More
Friday Film Roundup: Guardians Vol. 3, Love Again, One Ranger, and More
Welcome to LATINA’s Friday Film Roundup, our bi-weekly picks for the new movie releases on our radar. Weeks like these are always interesting. There is very clearly one movie on track to become the weekend’s biggest success, so much so that distributors are avoiding this Friday like the plague. [...]
The Healing Powers of a Temazcal Ceremony
The Healing Powers of a Temazcal Ceremony
This past winter, I chose to take a trip to Tulum to help navigate trauma in my professional life and heartbreak in my personal life. Despite daily rituals that included meditation and journaling, I knew that the winter solstice would bring a period of extended cold weather and with [...]
Tracee Ellis Ross’ New Podcast Explores The Many Faces of America
Tracee Ellis Ross’ New Podcast Explores The Many Faces of America
What makes the United States the country it is? So many aspects might come to mind but something crucial about America’s identity is the diversity of its people. In the new podcast “I Am America,” award-winning actress Tracee Ellis Ross explores the stories of Americans from diverse backgrounds to paint [...]
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 [...]