The Mexico I Didn’t Know
The Mexico I Didn’t Know
By Karina Aguilar – I’m a city girl that was born and raised in Chicago. Both of my parents grew up in a southern part of Mexico called Oaxaca, a place I didn’t know. At the age of 6, I took my first trip to the homeland of my parents. The smell of dirt soaked into my entire...
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Your Roots are Showing
Your Roots are Showing
By Stella Nichols – Identity crisis seems to be a prominent theme within Latinos in the United States. Adjusting to American social norms while still upholding the traditions of our mother country, serving as our parents’ or grandparents’ personal interpreter at the...
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Mexican Today, Spanish Tomorrow
Mexican Today, Spanish Tomorrow
By Lisa Cisneros – “Cisneros? What are you Greek?”  This is the question I’m asked almost always after a person finds out that my last name is “Cisneros”.   You know people, I’m not even sure anymore. I can’t seem to get a straight answer. When people ask...
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Yet Another Teen Mother
Yet Another Teen Mother
By Evelyn Oropeza – At 19, mi mamá and I found out that I was three weeks pregnant, after checking-in to the emergency room for what I believed was food poisoning. The news hit us at the same time so there was no running away from it. I could not hide my pregnancy like many...
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