Cafe y Chisme Corner

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Cafe y Chisme Corner

Regalo para la Médica Latina: Para la Que Llegó...

La vieron crecer. La vieron estudiar en la mesa de la cocina cuando todos los demás dormían. La vieron irse a la universidad en una ciudad que quedaba lejos. La...

Regalo para la Médica Latina: Para la Que Llegó...

La vieron crecer. La vieron estudiar en la mesa de la cocina cuando todos los demás dormían. La vieron irse a la universidad en una ciudad que quedaba lejos. La...

Gifts for the Latino First Responder: He Serves...

He serves the community. He is the community. The Latino firefighter, police officer, paramedic, military veteran — he grew up in this neighborhood, or one like it. He knows the...

Gifts for the Latino First Responder: He Serves...

He serves the community. He is the community. The Latino firefighter, police officer, paramedic, military veteran — he grew up in this neighborhood, or one like it. He knows the...

Gifts for the Latina Doctor and Nurse: She Carr...

She carries her culture into every room she enters. The exam room. The operating room. The break room at 3am when she's fifteen hours into a shift. She is Latina...

Gifts for the Latina Doctor and Nurse: She Carr...

She carries her culture into every room she enters. The exam room. The operating room. The break room at 3am when she's fifteen hours into a shift. She is Latina...

Gifts for the Latina Professional: For the Woma...

She didn't just get the job. She got the job while being the first person in her family to apply for it, while code-switching through every interview, while carrying the...

Gifts for the Latina Professional: For the Woma...

She didn't just get the job. She got the job while being the first person in her family to apply for it, while code-switching through every interview, while carrying the...

Acción de Gracias: La Fiesta Que Hicimos Nuestra

No era nuestra fiesta. Llegó con el país, con las escuelas, con los calendarios que encontramos cuando llegamos o cuando nuestros padres llegaron. Una fiesta americana, con su pavo y...

Acción de Gracias: La Fiesta Que Hicimos Nuestra

No era nuestra fiesta. Llegó con el país, con las escuelas, con los calendarios que encontramos cuando llegamos o cuando nuestros padres llegaron. Una fiesta americana, con su pavo y...

The Latino Thanksgiving Table: What Gets Said a...

Someone will suggest going around the table and saying what they're grateful for. There will be a pause. Not a hostile pause — a calculating one. Everyone at a Latino...

The Latino Thanksgiving Table: What Gets Said a...

Someone will suggest going around the table and saying what they're grateful for. There will be a pause. Not a hostile pause — a calculating one. Everyone at a Latino...