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  • This Summer, Think Pink!

    This Summer, Think Pink!

    Summer is fast approaching and it is time to step out in the must have color of this season, Pink! From blushes, champagne pink, to deep cherry, and fuchsia, you will be feeling sweet and romantic all summer.

  • #ModernLatinaBookClub Features A Fighting Chance by Claudia Meléndez Salinas

    The Modern Latina Book Club features A Fighting Chance by Claudia Meléndez Salinas. In A Fighting Chance, Claudia Meléndez Salinas draws us into the life of Miguel Ángel, a seventeen-year-old boy who lives in Salinas, California, in a neighborhood mired in a poverty he longs to escape.

  • #ModernLatinaBookClub Features Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

    #ModernLatinaBookClub Features Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

    Featured in the recent Huffington Post article “11 Books By Latinas Every Feminist Should Add To Their Collection,” the Modern Latina Book Club will read Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera this month.

  • Cinequest 2017 It’s a Wrap

    Cinequest 2017 It’s a Wrap

    Cinequest 2017 Film Festival in San Jose, CA delivered an amazing lineup of films. Modern Latina correspondent Eydie Mendoza shares a few of her favorites from the festival.

  • Wonder Women Leadership

    Wonder Women Leadership

    Wonder Woman was popularized by DC comics in the 1940’s during WWII. She was a woman warrior with power and strength encouraging women to work and support the war effort. Wonder Woman was one of the first icons depicting women as leaders who fought for what was right and just. Now it is time for…