Latina designer calls Chicago home
Latina designer calls Chicago home
By Judi Ruiz-Branch – Anna Fong answered the studio door dressed in a black sweater tunic with leggings to match. A brown scarf casually hung from her neck. Her dark, curly hair, parted to one side rested right above her shoulders. As she walked over to the table she apologized...
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Regrets of a Monolingual Childhood
Regrets of a Monolingual Childhood
By Araceli Arroyo — With a name like Araceli I should know how to speak Spanish. Since my mother went through the trouble of giving me such a “Spanish” name she should have had the follow through to teach me the language. (Madeline and Gloria my younger sisters I feel...
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The Aztec World
The Aztec World
By Judi Ruiz-Branch – The life-size ceramic sculpture with its claw-like outstretched hands and round facial features would have stood guard outside the chamber where the bodies of dead kings were laid to warn unwanted visitors to take heed. At the Field Museum, it looms large...
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