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MELISSA MAGAÑA: ‘Latinx, ‘it makes sense to be inclusive’

Chicago Talks, February 24, 2023January 27, 2023

CHICAGO BORN AND raised, Melissa Magaña is a 29-year-old Latina who lives in Brighton Park….

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TANIA MANRIQUE: ‘Latinx is fine if that’s how someone chooses to identify as’

Chicago Talks, February 13, 2023February 12, 2023

BORN IN MICHOACÁN, Mexico, Tania Manrique was a resource specialist at a non-profit organization. “I’m…

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GABRIELA MOLINA: ‘I was all of a sudden, the most “exotic” in the room’

Chicago Talks, February 3, 2023January 27, 2023

PANAMANIAN-BORN Gabriela Molina, 22, is a full-time international Columbia College Chicago student pursuing a bachelors…

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LISSETH MORAGA: ‘I prefer Latina or Latino’

Chicago Talks, January 30, 2023January 27, 2023

WHEN LISSETH MORAGA arrived to the U.S. from her native Guatemala she was 10 years…

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Mexican Consulate focuses on heart health of Hispanic women

Chicago Talks, March 21, 2013

Both of Angela Tena’s grandmothers had heart attacks. But if the 36-year-old housewife from Chicago’s…

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Latino theater company works to combat stereotypes

Chicago Talks, March 20, 2013

Twenty young adults stood in a circle smiling and laughing about their favorite toppings on…

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