By Shirley Gomez, HOLA!
The upcoming animated film Koati has Hispanic talent all over it! Grammy-winner salsa superstar Marc Anthony and his Magnus Studios team join executive producer and lead actress Sofía Vergara in this feature comedy. Continue reading Sofía Vergara Partners with Marc Anthony for the Upcoming Animated Film ‘KOATI’
By Jessica Roiz, Billboard
Bad Bunny walked away with his first-ever Grammy award on Sunday night (March 14). Continue reading Bad Bunny Wins Best Latin Pop Or Urban Album at 2021 Grammy Awards: ‘I’m Very Happy’
This year has been a huge year for Zoom, as families and friends around the world have turned to the video chat service to stay in touch during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue reading Free Zoom alternative: Microsoft Teams lets 300 users video chat for 24 hours
By Natalie Rogers
This inspiring group of innovators is changing the Latinx community’s perspective, featuring plus-size model Ady Del Valle, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, WNBA Diana Taurasi, writer, actor, rapper, and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda and activist Luis Miranda, supreme court judge Sonia Sotomayor, fiction and non-fiction author Carmen Maria Machado.
Continue reading Innovators to Watch
By Monica Luhar
“Sí se puede” is a powerful phrase that was coined by labor activist Dolores Huerta, who pushed for better working conditions and rights for farmworkers.
Continue reading Eva Longoria Baston & America Ferrera Empower Latinas through ‘She Se Puede’
Even for celebrated Latinx performers like John Leguizamo, finding success in the entertainment industry is a hard-fought and seemingly never-ending battle. But as a newcomer to the business, Leguizamo recalls being galvanized by the struggle into telling his own stories. Continue reading John Leguizamo, Stephanie Beatriz, others talk about creating authentic Latino Stories
By Brianne Garrett
Sunny Hostin will never forget where she came from. Before the Emmy Award-winning co-host joined the cast of The View in 2016, she was a senior legal correspondent for ABC News, a legal analyst for CNN and before that a federal prosecutor. Continue reading Sunny Hostin Is Revealing Her Truths—And Urging Black And Latina Women To Do The Same
Gymnast Laurie Hernandez’s living room is decorated with many photographs. But two are the most special—one shows her parents praying before her performance at the 2016 Olympics and the other is of them hugging her afterwards.
When Luis Miranda arrived in New York City from Puerto Rico in the 1970s, he looked like many young students of his time, with his jeans and shaggy hair. In the Big Apple, though, he realized that not everyone wanted people like him. Instead of culture shock, he experienced discrimination. “It didn’t matter if you were a janitor or a PhD student,” Miranda recalled, “what they saw was Puerto Rican, some brown person, some brown kid. Not a real American.”
Continue reading In ‘Siempre, Luis’ a look at Lin-Manuel Miranda’s biggest inspiration — his father
According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, about 25% of the United States’ children are a part of the Latinx community, yet they are the most underrepresented ethnic group in children’s books.
Continue reading LatinxPitch: The Twelve Authors Creating Diversity in Publishing
