BORN AND RAISED in Chicago, Noel Santiago is a 32-year-old police officer at the Chicago…
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MARCELO CAPLAN: ‘Self-identification is the most important thing’
BORN IN BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Marcelo Caplan is an electrical engineer by trade, and a…
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TANIA MANRIQUE: ‘Latinx is fine if that’s how someone chooses to identify as’
BORN IN MICHOACÁN, Mexico, Tania Manrique was a resource specialist at a non-profit organization. “I’m…
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JOSÉ OLIN: ‘Why Latinx? It’s just broad, and there’s Latino’
BORN IN SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras, José Olin is a retired handyman residing in Humboldt…
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DANIELA JIMÉNEZ: ‘If it were to be more Spanish appropriate, I would go with [Latine] better’
DANIELA JIMÉNEZ WAS born in Mexico City, Mexico and lives in Little Italy, Chicago. The…
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AMIR RODRÍGUEZ: ‘Latinx or Latine were created to be more inclusive to the different identities’
AMIR RODRÍGUEZ (Abdallah) was born in Pasadena, Calif., and came to Chicago to study dance…
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GABRIELA MOLINA: ‘I was all of a sudden, the most “exotic” in the room’
PANAMANIAN-BORN Gabriela Molina, 22, is a full-time international Columbia College Chicago student pursuing a bachelors…
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CARMELO ESTERRICH: ‘It’s a useful term in the U.S., in English’
BORN IN SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Carmelo Esterrich is a Professor of Humanities and Cultural…