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…
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LISSETH MORAGA: ‘I prefer Latina or Latino’
WHEN LISSETH MORAGA arrived to the U.S. from her native Guatemala she was 10 years…
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MARIO VARGAS-MARÍN: Latinx ‘is incredibly progressive and incredibly helpful’
MARIO VARGAS-MARÍN, 21, was born in Costa Rica and studies Audio Arts and Acoustics at…
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OSNALZA ORTIZ: ‘Labels are important in a lot of cases, but they shouldn’t be used in a divisive way’
BORN IN CHICAGO, Osnalza Ortiz is a surgical technologist and mother who lives in Glen…
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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…
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RICARDO PÉREZ: ‘I don’t think I’ve ever heard a singular person refer to themselves as Latinx’
BORN AND RAISED in Chicago, Ricardo Pérez is a part time student living in Gage…