PUERTO RICAN CHICAGO native Johnny Rodríguez, 60, lives in Logan Square and works as a…
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SONIA SAUCEDA: ‘I don’t have much familiarity with Latinx’
MEXICO-BORN Sonia Sauceda is the manager of the Panadería Nuevo León bakery, located at 1634…
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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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GUADALUPE PALACIOS: ‘I’m Chicana, does that make sense?’
BEING A TEACHER IS one of the toughest jobs. Guadalupe Palacios, 26, is an elementary…
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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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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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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…