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If You Are Latina and They Say You Can't Achieve, I'm Here to Say Si Se Puede!

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If You Are Latina and They Say You Can't Achieve, I'm Here to Say Si Se Puede!

As a sixth-grader, I stood near my new school’s entrance, trying to find solace in a corner. It was my first day attending school in the United States—one of the most terrifying...

October 9 2019

By Yajaira Fuentes-Tauber

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Black Panther Proves That Our Kids Need More Black Superheroes, Both on the Screen and in the Classroom

I am looking forward to the premiere of “Black Panther” with the same excitement I bring to planning my birthday month. (Yes, I said month.) I already have my three opening day...

February 14 2018

By Kenya Bradshaw

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White Women Are Going to Have to Do a Lot More Than Just Thank Black Women, We Need to Get to Work

The Black women of Alabama saved their state and the nation from would-be Sen. Roy Moore. They answered the call. Seems to me that we owe it to them to follow suit and also answer...

December 15 2017

By Erika Sanzi

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Why Math Identity Matters