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The Weight We Carry: Unpacking Eating Disorders Sin Vergüenza

Carmen Cusido — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:06:05 +0000

Our Heritage Month offers a critical moment to talk about the often-hidden experiences of eating disorders in Latine communities.

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How Selena Quintanilla Gave Me The Confidence to Stand Up For Myself

Carmen Cusido — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:01:46 +0000

At 11, I was a friendless, pudgy nerd with unruly dark hair and oily, olive-toned skin who was relentlessly bullied at my Catholic school. While my 6th-grade Latina classmates in Union City, New Jersey, obsessed over Jennifer Aniston’s iconic Rachel haircut on Friends or listened to TLC and En Vogue, I preferred Gloria Estefan, Celia

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Speaking Spanish Was the Heartbeat of My Home Until My Parents Died

Carmen Cusido — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 19:22:50 +0000

Growing up, Spanish was the heartbeat of my home. I was born in Union City, New Jersey, dubbed Havana on the Hudson, to much older Cuban exile parents who made it their mission to ensure I was fluent in their native tongue, something they took pride in and wanted to impart to me. Since there

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