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FROM THE SWEATSHOP TO THE ATELIER

Chicago Talks, December 15, 2023December 18, 2023

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’

Chicago Talks, March 8, 2023January 27, 2023

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’

Chicago Talks, March 3, 2023January 27, 2023

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’

Chicago Talks, March 1, 2023January 27, 2023

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 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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ENRIQUE GÓMEZ: ‘I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone older than our age using [Latinx]’

Chicago Talks, February 22, 2023January 27, 2023

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’

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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JOSÉ OLIN: ‘Why Latinx? It’s just broad, and there’s Latino’

Chicago Talks, February 10, 2023February 12, 2023

BORN IN SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras, José Olin is a retired handyman residing in Humboldt…

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