The Importance of “13 Reasons Why”
I’ve battled with depression for a couple of years already. What started out as what I thought was a simple funk became something I...
Fearless Indigenous Women
Being Peruvian, I am a mestizo, which means that I am a mix of Spanish and indigenous ancestry. Though I rejected this indigenous heritage...
Stuck Between Two Cultures
As a daughter of Peruvian immigrants, and as a natural-born American citizen, I often feel torn between two cultures. Growing up in Miami,...
Latinx: Why You Should Start Using The Term
Spanish is very much a gendered language; the masculinized form of words is what’s considered gender neutral. There’s a term in Spanish...
What Working at an Immigration Law Firm Taught Me About Immigration Reform
It was through tears that I finished typing up the statement of one our asylum clients. This wasn’t the first asylum case I’ve worked on,...
Trump’s First Days in Office: What’s Been Done So Far
On January 20th, Donald Trump took office as the 45th president of the United States. Regardless of how we feel about his presidency, Trump...
ICYMI: Obama’s Farewell Address
It was in his hometown, Chicago, that soon-to-be former president Obama gave his farewell address last Tuesday night. In his speech, Obama...
Fitness with Finesse: 5 Healthy Habits You Should Start in Your 20s
Being a 20-something-year-old can get stressful when you’re worrying about college classes and where you’ll be a year after graduation. We’...
5 Misconceptions About Women’s Fitness You Need to Know
There are a number of misconceptions tied to women’s fitness. Some of them are myths we have all considered being possible and others are...
Fitness With Finesse: 4 Tips to Help Make Running a Lifestyle
Running — it’s annoying, it’s tiresome, it makes you want to drop to the floor, and it makes you regret thinking it was ever a good idea to...