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The Pandemic Took Away My Autonomy And Isolated Me From My Community

by Andrea Lausell on Sep 23, 2020

Having lived with Spina Bifida Lipomyelomeningocele for the last 27 years, I spent a...

‘Vida’ Star Chelsea Rendon Talks ICE, Latinx Health—and How She Pulled Off That Emotional Scene

by Jacquelinne Mejia on May 25, 2020

This season marks the final chapter for the Starz show “Vida”, a drama series...

Big Changes, Small Story: A Photo Essay From An Artist in Quarantine

by Fabiola Lopez on May 7, 2020

As an artist, it has been a struggle to create while being in the...

Elizabeth Acevedo’s New Novel ‘Clap When You Land’ Taps Into the Forgotten Story of A Flight That...

by Leslie Ambriz on May 5, 2020

Elizabeth Acevedo remembers the way her mother’s childhood stories would transport her from her...

Ana Mendieta: The World Renowned Artist Who Came to the U.S. As An Unaccompanied Minor

by Inez Franco on Mar 17, 2020

During the Cold War, the U.S. government partnered with the Catholic church to extract...

Skateboarding’s Native New Style

by BESE Staff on Mar 6, 2020

Meet Apache Skateboards—the native group that is reinventing skateboarding by infusing it with their...

DIY Journey To Fame

by Leslie Ambriz on Feb 4, 2020

Kimberly Douglas has always wanted to be a model, but when she realized she...

The Politics of Home

by Jerry Ayodele on Jan 29, 2020

Having to constantly explain where my accent comes from, since an abrupt move to...

Sea of Change: Las Fotos Project

by BESE Staff on Dec 11, 2019

Eric Ibarra saw there was a lack of creative spaces for young women of...

Sea of Change: Native Like Water

by BESE Staff on Oct 20, 2019

Did you know surfing started as an Indigenous sport? After Spanish colonizers displaced Native...

HERSTORY: Rita Moreno

by BESE Staff on Oct 17, 2019

Rita Moreno is the first and only Latina to have ever won a Peabody,...

Black Women Aren’t Allowed To Be Introverted

by Sequoia Holmes on Aug 23, 2019

“I don’t think Sequoia likes me,” is something I’ve heard secondhand my entire life,...

Ismael Loutfi Talks Netflix’s ‘Patriot Act’ and His Hopes For the Future of Mus...

by Leslie Ambriz on Jul 1, 2019

Ismael Loutfi has always been religious. Truth be told, he feels he’s become more...

Redefining Beauty with Cholas x Chulas | BESE Meets

by BESE Staff on May 15, 2019

With Cholas x Chulas, Nydia aims to create beauty products that appeal to the...

Real Talk: Sage Adams

by BESE Staff on Apr 29, 2019

Congratulations to the winner of our pilot competition, Ambar Navarro! Watch the first video...

Breaking Glass: The Fashion Model

by BESE Staff on Mar 22, 2019

Meet Jillian Mercado—one of the only professional models at the top of her industry...

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