By Lacey G. Segars AUSTIN, Texas-Latinitas attended the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) over the weekend to celebrate their 19th annual ‘Girl Day.’ Every year, the Cockrell School of Engineering at UT Austin hosts an event called ‘Girl Day,’ where they celebrate women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers and encourage…
This summer Latinitas commissioned artist J Muzacz and his organization The Mosaic Workshop to create seven mosaic pieces, each dedicated to the courageous women who were being honored at Latinitas’ 20th annual Purple Party Gala. The Mosaic Workshop is an Austin-based art studio that offers, unsurprisingly, workshops on the basics of mosaics all the way…
By Anna Martinez Chingona. This is one of the words Elena Flores uses to describe herself. “It is a word that can have a negative connotation, but women [are] taking a stance and changing the meaning of what this word means, we get to define it,” said Flores. Flores is in the business of changing…
Known affectionately as “El Buki,” iconic singer Marco Antonio Solis is currently on his “Eternamente Agradecido” World Tour, where he will be performing throughout the United States for the remainder of the year. Kicking off his tour in Portland, Oregon last week on August 9th, Solis made his second tour stop in Seattle, Washington the…
Photography Credit: @yoelphotostudio.1 From October 31st- November 3rd, a celebration of Dia de los Muertos was held in Seattle, Washington titled “Seattle Catrinas Festival” at the Town Hall in the downtown area. The festival covered 4 days of festivities and included numerous activities such as face painting by makeup artists from Maritza’s Beauty College, Mexican…
Mexican-American Actor Jorge Guerra has been a fan of Hamilton for a while now, which made it a dream come true when he was brought on as a swing and understudy for the Broadway National Tour of the beloved show. Tonight, the First-Gen star will be performing in Austin, a city he lovingly calls home,…
This week, Latinitas will be celebrating its twentieth anniversary at the Latinitas Purple Party for Chica Power Gala. As part of the annual fundraiser, Latinitas chooses six courageous female leaders to honor. The women who were chosen all have incredible stories and immense achievements, but what truly sets them apart is the passion they each…
On December 16th, Yvonne Guidry invited the Houston community to donate new toys for “H-Town” kids and Christmas shop at her first-ever Spoiled Latina Toy Drive and Holiday Mercado at Art Square Studios on Commerce in East End Houston. With a goal of filling up two Volkswagen Atlases with new toys, the Houston community showed…
Avid Latina reader gets real about impact of book bans By Natasha Ford Book Banning is a hot-button issue right now all across the United States. The communities being targeted most frequently are the LGBTQ+ and Black communities, but the Latinx community is seeing its fair share of banning as well. The book being cited…
