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Ric Estrada: Representation Matters

Since 1857, Metropolitan Family Services has empowered families to learn, earn, heal, and thrive. Founded as the Chicago Relief and Aid Society, the organization...

February 4, 2022

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As the year comes to a close, the IL Latino News (ILLN) team is looking back at a year’s worth of producing content that provides greater...

December 30, 2021

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Sylvia Puente: leading with ‘ganas’

While the holiday malaise has abated the battle to redraw Chicago’s 50 wards, for the time being, both Latino and Black council caucuses are...

December 17, 2021

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“Speak in one voice”

“My mom never went passed eighth-grade; my father was a factory worker,” remembers Cesar Rolon. “That’ll always be my drive.” Rolon, President of Imagen...

October 21, 2021

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El Camino: an autobiography set to music

“She was a lonely woman,” said William Mendoza, producer/director of the Latin Heartbeat Orchestra, remembering his mother. “I would ask her how are you...

August 27, 2021
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The Path Forward: Overcoming Mental Health Stigma in the Latino Community

Many Hispanics-Latinos view mental illness as a sign of weakness. Shying away from addressing mental illness for fear of being labeled “loco,” Spanish for...

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