Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez "Less than 10 years ago, discussion of our Latinidad on social platforms  or any mainstream media was basically nonexistent. There were perhaps a  handful of outlets that centered around Latin culture, though they  rarely touched on the nuances of the Latin diaspora. Around the  mid-2010s, though,

When I write I cry, because writing makes me remember who I am. This quote is from a much larger piece that is set to be in an anthology about Food by one of my favorite food love advocates, and it is set to have some pretty badass folks participating

It is hard to forget “firsts.” You’ll always remember the name  of your first partner, your first crush and your first kiss, and you  won’t shake the memory of the first time you snuck out of your house,  had sex or got your period. I remember all my

Title: Latina Rebels turn to memes, humor to rethink media on hot-button issues "When Prisca Dorcas, founder of Latina Rebels,  was in graduate school at mostly white Vanderbilt University in  Nashville, Tennessee, frequent race-driven microaggressions made her  feel isolated and confused. Without a physical place to vent her  frustrations and

A version of this piece was originally published on Vivala. To my white novio, I am going to need to speak to you frankly about what it means to date a brown girl from ChicoPelon Managua, Nicaragua.  Because since I arrived to the USA, you white boys  have been attempting

To the mamis with difficult daughters… To the mamis who still manage to show love to their difficult daughters… To the mamis who still manages to praise us for being who we are, in your own way. Saying things like: me das mucho descanso. To the mamis who know that

The new season of the Radicals & Revolutionaries podcast dropped with ME! Check out my interview with Jillian J. Foster of @continuumcollective on your favorite podcast app. Tune in here

Submitted to Resurrection of a Badasss Femmes zine To the fuck boys I never loved, I saw you coming a mile away.  There were parts of you that I wanted to embrace, because those parts of you reminded me of Him.  Mi papi.   Because of Him, I knew you intimately,

I have been one to readily reject the idea of learning how to cook. I grew up in a household where women cooked, and that is all they were to do. They were not a part of the decision-making nor what I felt were integral parts of the family dynamics

Article written by Kyli Rodriguez-Cay:  link below for the entire piece on BUSTLE   my snippet below: "Because so much of my work can be online for the  majority of the year, sometimes it feels like I am never 'off.' However,  [...] I have become extraordinarily good at putting down my