Cafe y Chisme Corner
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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...
Thanksgiving Hostess Gifts: For the Tía Who's B...
She's been cooking since Tuesday. Not exaggerating. The beans started Tuesday. The tamale masa got started Wednesday. By Thursday morning the house smells like a restaurant and she's been awake...
Thanksgiving Hostess Gifts: For the Tía Who's B...
She's been cooking since Tuesday. Not exaggerating. The beans started Tuesday. The tamale masa got started Wednesday. By Thursday morning the house smells like a restaurant and she's been awake...
How Latino Families Do Thanksgiving: The Table ...
There's a moment at Thanksgiving — usually around 4pm, usually in the kitchen — when the turkey comes out of the oven and someone is still stirring the arroz, and...
How Latino Families Do Thanksgiving: The Table ...
There's a moment at Thanksgiving — usually around 4pm, usually in the kitchen — when the turkey comes out of the oven and someone is still stirring the arroz, and...