We are excited to announce our next reading Our Otherness Is Our Strength: Wisdom from the Boogie Down Bronx by Andrea Navedo. Actress Andrea Navedo, best known for her role as Xiomara, Jane’s mother, on The CW’s Jane the Virgin shares hard-earned wisdom from the boogie down Bronx. Andrea didn’t get to see many positive portrayals of Latinas in the media growing up. So … [Read more...] about Our Otherness Is Our Strength: Wisdom from the Boogie Down Bronx by Andrea Navedo #ModernLatinaBookClub
Archives for July 2023
Gallery 1202 presents Flamin’ Hot Exhibition through August 12, 2023
It was a Flamin’ Hot Cheetos weekend for my family, and they ate up every moment. We started with watching the inspiring true story of Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia), who, as a Frito Lay janitor, disrupted the food industry by channeling his Mexican American heritage to turn Flamin’ Hot Cheetos from a snack into an iconic global pop culture phenomenon. Then we stopped by … [Read more...] about Gallery 1202 presents Flamin’ Hot Exhibition through August 12, 2023