By Sandra Lopez–
Today, I discovered that I am a “product of the ABC School District.”
If you are not familiar with the schools that are a part of the ABC School District, then let me help you out: Ferguson, Melbourne, Tetzlaff, and Cerritos–all schools that...
Product of the ABC School District
The disappearing face
By Claudya a.k.a. “Unknown Mami”–
Mami y yoMy mother’s face has always been beautiful, not just to me. She has always been the kind of beautiful that people notice, the kind of beautiful that opens doors, the kind of beautiful that you can trade on, but to me...
For my grandmother: A Los Angeles story
By Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo–
In my search and thirst for the past, for the faces of our history, I have forgotten the faces that brought me to the subject of immigration in the first place. I forget that the story isn’t always something out there in the world, but something...
Aquí, ellas tienen poder
Por Tatiana Velásquez–
Cada mañana cuando me monto en el bus que me lleva a la universidad las probabilidades de encontrarme a una mujer detrás del volante son altas. No es raro ver a una de ellas, entrada en sus 30, conduciendo un automotor de servicio público para abrirse...
Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story
By Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo–
Before the Lasorda and Valenzuela, before we bled blue, before Dodger Stadium Chavez Ravine was a collection of three sleepy communities–La Loma, Bishop, and Palo Verde–existing in the hills sandwiched between downtown and Elysian Park.
There,...
Embarrassing Tales Part V
By Kelly Day–
Self-Educated Dental Linguist
When you sit horizontally in that cool moving chair in the dentist office, with official people buzzing around you in white coats, you hear a lot of alien words. After a few appointments, you’d be amazed at how many of these neat,...
Embarrassing Tales Part IV
By Kelly Day–
Droolers Anonymous
We’ve all done it. Whether it was into a pillow or on our desks, we’ve all drooled, and it is never glamorous. Many people laugh at the myth that you drool more when you have braces.
“I don’t drool,” they smirk.
Guess what?
You...
Embarrassing Tales Part III
By Kelly Day–
The Evils of Floss
Every person on Earth has heard it. Dentists say it to each patient every visit.
“Floss more.”
The concept of flossing sounds easy enough. You pull a 6-inch mint-coated string between your teeth to clean out whatever stubborn ick decided...
Embarrassing Tales Part II
By Kelly Day–
Things get tight
It took me a week before I could eat real food again, at a decent pace so it wouldn’t get cold between bites.
Every morning I ate half a Pop-tart, then starved through 1st, 2nd, and 3rd period until lunch, which went from sandwiches, chips, plum,...











