As a person of color and a Queer artist, Mexican designer pays homage to her ethnic roots.
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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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JOHNNY RODRÍGUEZ: ‘Latinx just generalizes all Latinos and Latinas’
PUERTO RICAN CHICAGO native Johnny Rodríguez, 60, lives in Logan Square and works as a…
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MELISSA MAGAÑA: ‘Latinx, ‘it makes sense to be inclusive’
CHICAGO BORN AND raised, Melissa Magaña is a 29-year-old Latina who lives in Brighton Park….
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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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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…