👨🏻🙋🏽👱🏾👩🏾👧🏻The Latinx Collective - Issue #33
THIS WEEK'S SIX:
This is a profile on licensed therapist Adriana Alejandre - her story is really inspiring. With her platform, Latinx Therapy, established in April 2018, she aims to provide the Latinx community with education, resources from more than 200 nonprofits across the country, and access to over 1,000 bilingual and/or Latinx therapists. Alejandre also produces a podcast in both Spanish and English that is housed on the platform. I love her podcast and have been a fan for awhile (see Spotlight from issue #3).
Anyone a fan of the show "Suits"? Cuban-American actress Gina Torres has a new show in a works that's a spinoff of “Suits” on USA Network that will follow character Jessica Pearson. Torres will lead the project, which will focus on her character as she adjusts to Chicago politics. I used to love the show "Suits" - it's so ridiculous but full of so many sassy, beautiful, well-dressed New Yorkers. Plus it's where Meghan Markle gained popularity. 😍
The TED talk above is by Ariana Curtis, a curator for Latinx History and Culture at Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (she's of Panamanian descent). In the 12 minute talk she imagines how museums can more accurately represent history by honoring the lives of people both extraordinary and everyday, prominent and hidden -- and amplify diverse perspectives that should have always been included. 👏🏽👏🏽
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