It’s Hispanic Heritage Month again and it’s me, your friendly neighborhood Afro-Latinx creative here to remind you that you can’t celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month without acknowledging African contributions. Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to ...
6 Gross Pregnancy Symptoms Nobody Warned You About
Before anyone jumps to any conclusions let me start by saying "I AM NOT PREGNANT." Now that we've gotten that out of the way, I'm here to do for you what nobody did for me. I am here to warn you! My kids are now 3 and 6 so it's been a few years since I was pregnant, but I remember it vividly because ...
Afro-Latinx Identity: I’m done asking to be included in the conversation
It’s the year 2022 and we are still out here having conversations on colorism within the Latinx community, and what it means to be Afro-Latinx. I'm so tired y'all. I'm exhausted. And I'm worn out! Now does that mean I’m going to stop representing for my culture? NOT AT ALL. But I refuse to beg ...
Autistic Voices: This Was Never About ABA
When we found out Santana is Autistic one of the first things I did was educate myself. However, the biggest source of that information comes from people who are Actually Autistic. More specifically Black Autistics. One of the people who I have found invaluable has been Tiffany Hammond of "Fidgets ...
11 Black-Owned Christmas Wrapping Paper Companies to Shop This Holiday Season!
Someone cue Mariah Carey and Michael Buble because I'm pretty sure it's time to get festive. I know some of you already have your trees out and if you are anything like me then you have started shopping early. This is really fairly new for me because I didn't do much shopping until we had kids. ...
