Agua Fresca
Agua Fresca is the digital space for fresh perspectives and stories by the tamarindo community. Like the podcast, we love centering BIPOC voices writing about politics, identity, representation, culture, and well-being. Contact us if you would like to contribute a story.
Latinx Creatives to Inspire Your Inner Artist
Latinx creatives to inspire your inner artist
To Fight Climate Change, Empower Women
By empowering women and believing in their capabilities, we can fight climate change.
Self-Publishing is Our Tool to Fight Anti-Blackness in Children’s Books
Children’s literature is another tool in white supremacy’s toolbox
Infertility: The Club We Did Not Want Membership To
The procedure took twenty minutes, and just like that, I was technically pregnant.
Poder Latinx, Human Rights Campaign, and Las Cafeteras Release "La Sirena"
The drag community is full of diversity and activism, and we want to uplift the activist nature of the drag community by displaying the beauty of this artform.
Immigrant Rights Belong in Children’s Books
We need to send the message to kids that their “voz y voto” (voice and vote) matter.
Pride Month Playlist
Here are a few episodes you should check out to mark Pride month with us!
Being of Service, Even When Your Core Is Questioned
I asked myself, how should I show up at this moment?
The Time is Now for Bold Action on Immigration
Immigration reform bills have been in circulation ever since 2001, where the first version of the Dream Act was introduced. Unfortunately it did not make It out of committee.
Affirming and Loving My Son Through Action
“We felt that Latinx families who love and support their LGBTQIA+ kids needed to be seen and heard.”
Remember Who Elected You
It never ceases to amaze me how legislators don’t give up when it comes to passing a bill they fervently believe in.
How to Own Your Voice
We all tell ourselves stories about so many things every day and many of them are not true. What are the stories we’re telling ourselves about our voice?
From Dream Car to Soul Dreams
I decided to trade in my dream car and the corporate world to take a chance and pursue my soul dreams.
Me Being Me: Authenticity and Belonging for Me
I thought early in my career that I needed to suppress my ethnicity and my true-self. I worked hard to create what I thought would be an acceptable workplace identity
Earning My Way to Belonging
And in the thick of awfulness of learning to be a Soldier in the snow, I asked myself why I was putting myself through all of that for a country that didn’t care about me—where I didn’t belong.
I Had Both a Quinceañera and a Sweet Sixteen
I grew up completely bilingual. At home we spoke English and Spanish fluently, we celebrated both Mexican and American holidays, we spent vacations in the States with my uncles and their families (Florida), but the rest of the year in Mexico City.