Editor’s Note

Sana, sana, colita de rana.

How can we translate this saying to non-Spanish speakers? How can we ever capture the consolation it brought us when we fell and got hurt? How can we capture the warmth we felt when our loved ones kissed our heads and told us we’d be okay?

Sana, Sana came about in a staff discussion regarding growth and healing. As we encounter different issues every day, we want to value the importance of consolation, healing, and growth. We fall, we get pushed, and we cry at our bruises. However, the support of like-minded individuals is something we can rely on. We aim to highlight not only the hurt, but the healing as well.

We sat and asked ourselves: How do we grow and come to learn more about ourselves? How has quarantine made us face what we are like when we’re alone? How do our communities move forward together? How can we remain hopeful that things will change? Now more than ever, we found that the most important thing to us was recognizing that growth has no destination and there is no book teaching us how to move forward.

We don’t have all the answers, but we do have the space to discuss what matters to us and our loved ones. The space to come together and grow together. This issue is the byproduct of talented writers, poets, editors, artists, designers, etc. coming together to share how our communities are forever growing.

To the La Gente staff: you are all amazingly talented. Your thoughtful and creative minds are what keeps us moving forward. Your golden energy is medicinal as we navigate a tough year. You are what brings us comfort in discouraging times.

We recognize that healing and growth takes time. We recognize that everyone heals in different ways. We recognize that our communities have been repeatedly hurt in recent years. We highlight the pain, the growth, the moves being made to heal, the difficulties of trying to survive. We hope that this issue serves as a reminder that: Si no sanas hoy, sanarás mañana.

Con Amor, Angela Vargas Editor-in-Chief