“Dulce Vida,” a multimedia art exhibit in the C33 Gallery, was created by three Latina…
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ESTEFAN LINARES: Latinx: ‘Somebody outside of the community is telling people how to speak and how to address things in their language’
BORN IN HIGHLAND PARK, Ill., Estefan Linares is a 23-year-old alumnus of the University of…
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NADIA ALFARO: ‘We all have different cultures within our Latinx community’
BORN IN ELGIN, Ill., Nadia Alfaro is a 20-year-old who identifies herself as Mexican but…
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ENRIQUE GÓMEZ: ‘I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone older than our age using [Latinx]’
ENRIQUE GÓMEZ IS a 22-year-old first-generation American living in the Boystown neighborhood of Chicago. His…
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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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DIANA CANTALAMISA: Latinx? ‘I had to look it up because I’m old school’
DIANA CANTALAMISA IS a para educator for English Language Development (ELD) students at Wixom Elementary…