๐๐ฝ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฑ๐พ๐ง๐ปThe Latinx Collective: Issue #16: This week's five
THIS WEEK'S FIVE:
Are you ready to smile? In her long life, 118 year old (!!!) Julia Flores Colque has witnessed two world wars, revolutions in her native Bolivia and the transformation of her rural town of Sacaba from 3,000 people to a bustling city of more than 175,000. These days she can be found singing folkloric songs in her indigenous Quechua tongue while strumming her Andean guitar, and enjoying the company of her dogs (one of them named "Chiquita"), cats and rooster. By the way, I think I found her secret...she never married and has no children.๐
Variety recently announced its annual list of 10 Actors to Watch and there are two Latinx actors featured. From the write-up: Anthony Ramos -member of the original โHamiltonโ Broadway cast, also known for the "She's Gotta Have It" remake on Netflix, among other roles, and Marina de Tavira โ an actress with a long theater career, she is soon to be seen in Alfonso Cuarรณnโs โRoma.โ She also recently appeared in the series โIngobernableโ for Netflix and โFalcoโ for Amazon.
SPOTLIGHT SERIES:
The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Puerto Rican-American icon Sonia Sotomayor has released 2 new autobiographical books, this time aimed at children. One is a picture book for elementary school readers. The other, aimed at middle school readers, is an abridged version of her 2013 memoir. I read her memoir ("My Beloved World") about two years ago and it inspired me to seek out other Latina-authored memoirs. I think these new versions for kids will really inspire and help children dealing with disease, losing a parent or how to navigate being a rare person of color in education or work spaces. You can check out the new books here, and here.
My Beloved World was stimulated by a lot of questions kids were already asking me: โWhat was it like to lose a parent when you were young?โ โWhat was it like having a condition like diabetes?โ โWas it scary?โ Once [children] see you in a position of power, a lot of them who are facing their own challenges ask: โHave you ever been afraid?โ โCan you ever succeed if you fail?โ Theyโre natural questions, you know?
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