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Loop Restaurant Gives Insight Taste To Venezuelan Culture
By: Hillary Flores and Richie Requena For many, the restaurant BienMeSabe gives an insight taste to Venezuelan food. For Venezuelan natives, this restaurant is a gateway to their culture, their people, and their home. The BienMeSabe restaurant chain which has two locations–one in the northern Ravenswood neighborhood and one location in the Loop near the… Read more
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A conversation over Gina Rodriguez, BSU, and DePaul
Recently, the actress Gina Rodriguez has faced a scandal due to a post that she published on her Instagram story , which showed Rodriguez singing along to a song from The Fugees and saying the ‘n’ word. The actress has since apologized for her actions, but it has left the Black community and others wondering… Read more
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FeaturedLatina Women Create Soap Company to Reach Lower-Income Communities
“Empowering, community, and resilience,” were the words used by Malenis Holloway Nazario and Luvia Ramírez when describing the message behind their newly created soap company “Mar&Soul Soaps.” Now adding to the economy and first created as gifts for other people, these two Puerto-Rico natives raised in Humboldt Park came together to produce organic hand-made soaps.… Read more
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La Villita Park To Present Movie Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
</figure Seen above: Free Park District Chicago Movies and nearby CTA stops– Credits: Chicago Data Portal – Chicago Park District Movies in the Park– CTA List of L- Stops– Made by: Hillary Flores There’s no doubt that there are multiple ways to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in Chicago–whether it is attending local concerts or even… Read more
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Dreamer Achieves Full-Ride Acceptance To USC
Immigration has been a non-stopped talked about topic of controversy in U.S History and for 20-year-old Ada-Marys Lorenzana, the topic of immigration is said to be the sole center of her life. Since Lorenzana was a little girl, she has cultivated her Mexican culture and has never stopped being proud of her Latino roots. She… Read more
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A Day In The Life of A First-Generation Latina College Student✍🏼
Stress is normal as a college student. You get pushed into a new environment where the pressure is on to become independent as quickly as possible. Though, for a first-generation Latina college student, pressure is a bit different. Pressure is focused on proof and not so much independence. YOU have to prove to your family… Read more
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Loop Restaurant Gives Insight Taste to Venezuelan Culture-TRAILER
For many, the restaurant BienMeSabe gives an insight taste to Venezuelan food. But, for Venezuelan natives–this restaurant is an insight taste to their culture, their people, and their home. In this sneak peak of our upcoming story on the restaurant BienMeSabe located in the Loop(29 E. Adams St.), we get a glimpse of South… Read more
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