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Cover Letter from the chiefs The Sacrifice of an Ancestor But That's a Topic we Won't Touch Right Now For Doña Celia Thank You for Loving Me Para Mi Abuelo Tzununa, Guatemala Humantay Lake Las Cosas Que Dicen Waiting There is Rage, Yes The Playground Chinariqueña The (Dis)function of Labels ¿Vida Sucia? Tanto Sol Nunca Llueve How Language Makes Us Human: Nicaraguan Sign Language (ISN) Exposes Inherent Bias Against d/ Deaf People in the Hearing World Se Habla Español. But which one? Coming to Terms: Afro-Latinx Identity and (Not) Speaking Spanish Al-Shawarie Familiares: Being a Latino Abroad in Cairo, Egypt "No Llores" - An Impossible Undertaking With Pixar's Coco Whitewashing in hollywood Líderes Connection Scars DREAMers in Limbo? A Glance at the History and Current Status of DACA Tempo[rary] Con el Corazón en la Mano Wallace Family Portrait A Preview to the Life I Hope to One Day Have After the Ghosts of Christmas Past Festival Latinx 2018 A Word from our Seniors
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Of course, I believe! Belief is the reason I get up in the morning. I believe that I am important. I believe that there is a certain magic to the world, to the way a bit of kindness reverberates through willing air, to the way a thread of words can set the planet inside your chest asunder or mend it with ecstatic warmth.
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“No llores” – An Impossible Undertaking With Pixar’s Coco By Daisy Angeles
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