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Going Home

By Jan Peña-Davis – My mother’s only wish before she died was for her children to visit Cuba and meet our family. Ten years ago, I took my only son, who thinks he’s boricua and my youngest daughter,...

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Life lessons

By Jan Peña-Davis – “Thank you for coming today,” was my daily greeting to my class of high school juniors and seniors at Roberto Clemente Community Academy in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. I...

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Latina works to diversify transportation field

By Jan Peña Davis – An eight-hour day and five-day work week is foreign to Maria Teresa Roman. She juggles two positions in the public transportation field. She is the government and community...

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Susana Baca is Blatina

By Jan Peña-Davis – Susana Baca from the University of Chicago archive Blatinas, Hispanic women with obvious African roots (darker skin and kinkier hair), are few and far between in the entertainment...

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Jesus Wept

By Jan Peña-Davis – Light bounces from building to doorway to woman, changing each from brown to gold and back to brown as evening prepares to settle in. Juliette-balconied buildings, some with...

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Latina funeral director breaks stereotypes

By Jan Peña-Davis – Located on the corners of Armitage and Kimball Avenues, the Caribe Funeral Home has served the mainly Spanish-speaking community of Humboldt Park since 1965. It is believed to be...

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Shades of identity

By Jan Peña-Davis – “My bad, girl, I thought you were black.” Fifteen-year-old Delisha Lopez recounts as she remembers how her new locker partner greeted her at the start of this school year. A...

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Who are you calling fat?

By Jan Peña-Davis – One of the few jokes still acceptable to chuckle out loud over are ‘fat’ jokes. And with media bombarding the public with images of the ‘perfect’ body, it’s no wonder American...

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Your typical Latino male

By Jan Peña-Davis – Latinas- we come in all shapes, sizes, colors and stereotypes. Some true and others simply ‘entertainment’- or so many believe. But where would we be, ladies, without our males- our...

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