Cafe y Chisme Corner

Stories, cultura, and gift guides rooted in real Latino family life. Read, share, and find something that feels like home.

Cafe y Chisme Corner

Ojo de Dios: What That Yarn Cross Actually Is

If you grew up in an American school in the 1980s or 90s, you've made one. Two sticks, some yarn, instructions to wrap it in a diamond pattern. Your teacher...

Ojo de Dios: What That Yarn Cross Actually Is

If you grew up in an American school in the 1980s or 90s, you've made one. Two sticks, some yarn, instructions to wrap it in a diamond pattern. Your teacher...

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...