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Why I Chose to Remove Two Healthy Breasts

This week, I removed both of my healthy breasts. I never dreamed I would write...

Alejandra CampoverdiOctober 19, 2018

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Health and Wellness

5 Step Chocolate Meditation for Latinas

Truth: Latina life is stressful. We’re always hustling at work, making time for family, trying...

Denisse CobianOctober 13, 2018

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Mujer poderosa, this is your year to shine. ✨ Embrace your power, invest in yourself, and most importantly, be present. Tap to shop The Present is Latina Collection. 💖

Ok pero like, 2021 will definitely be our year. I can feel it!! 😭 Happy New Year from team Luz! ☀️ What are your 2021 goals or predictions?

Happy New Year's Eve! 🌟 We're concluding our Celebrating You series by highlighting these Latina-owned businesses that grew out of love for the Latina community. 🧡 If you know someone who recently started a business or needs some motivation to continue their passion project, tag them in the comments! Community over competition is our motto! 📣 . Thank you to everyone who commented on our post about the incredible things you did in 2020. Luz Collective will always be the platform for you to read, share and invest in Latina stories. Wishing you all mucho amor and success in the new year. 😘

Love to @latinaspoderosas for creating this image about New Year’s Eve traditions every Latina and their mama be doing to welcome the new year. 💖 What traditions are you doing this year? I’ll be eating 12 uvas at midnight. 🍇🤗 . . #LuzRegram 📷: @latinaspoderosas

Latina business owners taking pictures in front of their products are the type of photos we love to see! 😍 Read more about @morenitamiashoes and buy some huaraches made by artisans in Sahuayo, Michoacán. ⬇️🇲🇽 . “My goal for 2020 was to have at least one pop-up shop each month. We started strong in January and connected with a wonderful community thanks to @nalgonapositivitypride who welcomed us into their @mujeresmarket in Santa Ana (which is when this picture was taken). 2020 happened and was forced to take all sales online. What an experience! After a crazy year, I want to say THANK YOU! Thank you for supporting Morenita Mia Shoes by buying huaraches, telling your friends about us, following us on social and engaging with our posts. ❤️ This small business directly impacts the future of my community in Sahuayo, Michoacán. Every pair sold gives artisans in my town an opportunity to support their families. I look forward to sharing more of my vision for Morenita Mia Shoes in 2021 and to connecting more with all of you. I couldn’t give back to my community without your help, so GRACIAS. Mil veces gracias!” - @morenitamiashoes . . #LuzRegram 📷: @morenitamiashoes

Are you dressing up or staying cozy in pj's? 🤣 👠 #LuzRegram 🎨: @pinkliky

After decades of fighting for safe and legal abortions, Argentina’s senate has passed a law legalizing abortion. Until now, abortion was largely illegal, but now it will be legalized up to the 14th week of pregnancy and will also be legal after that time in cases of rape or danger to the mother’s life. This is a historic moment for women’s rights and reproductive rights in Argentina. ✊🏽 . . #LuzRegram 📷: @amnistiaar

Melanin, Trans, and Puerto Rican. 🇵🇷 🤎 Afro-Latinx Mj Rodriguez (@mjrodriguez7) is one of the leaders gaining momentum in the Black Trans Lives movement and her advocacy is branching out beyond the LGBTQIA community. Click the link in the bio to read why Rodriguez is using her platform to speak up for justice and equality.

Today we're recognizing first-generation students and recent college graduates for our Celebrating You series. 💖 When the world shut down in March, in-class learning transitioned to online learning and thousands of graduation ceremonies were cancelled across the country. However, the pandemic didn't stop these poderosas from staying the course with their education. Let's congratulate these inspiring mujeres! 👏 . What academic achievements did you complete this year? 🎓

Join the hosts of @tamarindopodcast in the new year for an interactive zoom session focused on Intention Setting Para Tu Alma (Intention Setting For Your Soul). . Brenda and Ana Sheila will teach you how to set goals that will support your purpose and your well being for the new year. RSVP by swiping up on our stories! See you all January 14 at 5 pm PST/ 8 pm EST. 🤗

In 2020 you grew your wings. Now it’s time to embrace your power and fly high mija! 🦋 . #LuzRegram 🎨: @womensmagick

Manifest your luck for 2021 by wearing calzones! 👙 In some Latin America countries, it is believed that the color of your underwear on New Year's Eve influences your luck for the next year. 🤞 What color will you be wearing and what other New Year’s Eve traditions will you be doing?

Mujeres! We know damn well many Latinas were not happy with this choice but getting Trump out of office was critical, so Latinas showed up and showed out. We voted in record numbers. We volunteered. We empowered and energized our communities. Now it’s time for the Biden/Harris (@joebiden @kamalaharris) Administration to acknowledge these efforts that are partially responsible for their win and appoint Latinas not just to a Cabinet level position, but throughout the government. Share this, keep messaging them, and keep the pressure on. Our work doesn’t end with their election. Thank you @laflowers for this national op-ed - we couldn’t agree more! ✊🏽 ・・・ This is my first-ever Op-ed and it’s published on @Newsweek! More importantly, I need you to get loud with me on this incredibly important and urgent topic. Not a single Latina has been nominated for @joebiden’s cabinet. Announcement after often-historic announcement, we have celebrated the nominees and waited patiently to see ourselves represented in the cabinet of the president-elect we Latinas worked so hard for. And now, as inauguration approaches and over 80 percent of the cabinet nominees have been announced, the Biden-Harris administration has a unique opportunity in selecting the leader of the Small Business Administration. It's time, not just to ensure Latinas have a seat at the table, but to level up how our nation serves small business owners, who have historically delivered 70 percent of new jobs in this nation, during a crisis that has hit us hardest. Read the full op-ed via the link in bio and please share far and wide. We already know we can do this when we unite! 🤜🏽🌟🤛🏽 #weallgrow #latinapower #latinasunidas #shesepuede

As 2020 (finally) comes to an end, we want to highlight our top 5 most read stories of the year made popular by you, the reader! 📚 From white feminism to the Black Lives Matter movement, click the link in the bio to see which 5 stories made it to the top. What other topics do you want to see more of in 2021? 💫 . These stories would not have been possible without the amazing work and dedication of our writers. Your donations to the Luz Collective Writers' Room keeps this important work going. For under $12.50 a month, you can help us keep telling Latina and BIPOC stories. Link in bio to donate.

This year has been rough, but it has showed us that Latinas can survive through anything. 💪🏽 This past weekend, we asked you to brag about a thing you did in 2020 that you’re proud of and the responses we received were inspiring. They made us llorar. 😭 . With that, we wanted to share with you some of the heart-warming and brave stories we came across. 💖 Our mental health and wellness were tested to the limit this year, but it opened our eyes to self-love and self-care. What have you done for your mental health this year that you’re proud of?

We're done putting up with these

Are you pursuing a career in politics? Do you need advice on how to navigate spaces where you might be the first or youngest Latina in the room? 🤔 . Come join #LuzCollective’s CEO Lucy Flores (@lucyfloresnv) and Mayor Pérez (@sashareneeperez) on IG-Live TODAY at 12:00 pm PST / 3:00 pm EST to hear Mayor Pérez speak about her journey on becoming the youngest woman to serve in the city’s history and the youngest female mayor in San Gabriel Valley history.

Go out and do your thing mujeres! Always think of community over competition. 💖 . . #LuzRegram 📷: @theboutiquehub

We’re tired of old white men deciding our futures. If you don’t support women’s rights, especially BIPOC and transgender rights, then your opinion is ✨ irrelevant ✨. . . #LuzRegram 📷: @radicalbuttons

Always chingona, never pendeja. 💫 . . #LuzRegram 📷: @formyhomegirls

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VP-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in by the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor 🙌🏽
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“Latinos are at higher risk of unemployment and even when employed are at risk for lower-income than non-Latino Whites, problems that are compounded during the economic recession resulting from the pandemic,” researchers said in the study.
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The cultural impact of Selena Quintanilla's legacy is undeniable, and "Anything for Selena" is here to explain how 💖
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