Interview with Mockstache for Latine Heritage Month
As we conclude our celebrations for Latine Heritage Month, we’re highlighting BGGC member and Discord Moderator ✨Mockstache! ✨
We asked Mock about their favorite games, cultural traditions, and more!
Check it out! 💖
#latineheritagemonth #gaming @mockstache.bsky.social
As #LatineHeritageMonth comes to a close, we honor our Latine staff, supporters, and clients who are so much more than their legal cases or immigration statuses. They are culture, resilience, art, talent, hopes, and dreams.
de daños latinx/e y caribeñe, tanto consolidados como emergentes, y la garantía de la justicia lingüística mediante servicios integrales de traducción del inglés al español y del español al inglés. Consúltelo aquí: bit.ly/NHRCYouTube
#LatineHeritageMonth #WarOnDrugs #EndOverdose
To close #LatineHeritageMonth, we celebrate the Latine board and staff members of Jane’s Due Process. These leaders bring incredible expertise and energy to their work each day, fighting for reproductive justice for the young people of Texas with tenacity, joy, and strength.
#JDP #VivaLaCulture
A photo of author Guadalupe Garcia McCall
The cover of FALL OF THE FIREFLIES, featuring two girls running through a forest at night, with golden fireflies in the foreground and an eerie blue-green background
Day 31 of #LatineHeritageMonth: FALL OF THE FIREFLIES, Mexican-American author Guadalupe Garcia McCall's series-starting YA novel about twin girls trying to save their father's life. Guided by the Aztec gods, each twin must choose whether to become a monster-hunter...for the goddess of death.
The cover of COMETIERRA, featuring a stylized bouquet of flowers melting, as if the paint ran before it dried
A photo of author Dolores Reyes
Day 30 of #LatineHeritageMonth: COMETIERRA, a searing deconstruction of power in the form of a magical realism crime thriller by Argentine author Dolores Reyes (translated by Julia Sanches). A young woman discovered that if she eats the earth, she learns what has happened to the dead and forgotten
At Bronx Arts, we serve students representing every corner of Latinidad. Our leadership is no different.
#bronxarts #bronxcharterschoolforthearts #hispanicheritagemonth #latineheritagemonth #latinxheritagemonth
Tonight's evening entertainment is brought to you by EUphoria!
Get ready for some telenovela extraordinaire with this all Latine cast! 👀 🎉🌟
#ttrpg #stream #BIPOC #latineheritagemonth
As we reach the end of Latine Heritage Month, Mary Claire Flores, a special educator at Audubon Elementary, reminds us that our students deserve classrooms that honor their history, pride, and strength — they don’t deserve fear.
Celebrating #LatineHeritageMonth is an act of resistance and survival.
Gabriela Mistral was a Chilean poet and activist whose work explored love in all its forms.
She was the first Latine poet to win a Nobel Prize for literature, and she tirelessly advocated for human rights and democracy.
#LatineHeritageMonth
Three people smiling at the camera, arranged in a triangular layout against contrasting indoor backgrounds.
Text image featuring a quote by Parallel Belky Hernandez discussing the importance of heritage in connection, community, and support within an organization. The image includes a logo at the top.
Quote by Law Clerk Dania Barrera Carrasco expressing pride in her Mexican heritage and her role in providing reassurance and comfort to clients from similar cultural backgrounds in the legal field.
Text in image: "I am proud to have grown only speaking Spanish because it now means I can use my language skills to advocate and provide services to the clients that come into our offices! Being Latina means being a safe space especially for members of my community! — Intake Specialist Ortiz
As Latine Heritage Month comes to a close, we’re highlighting the voices of our colleagues. Hear from Belky Hernandez, Karen Ortiz and Dania Barrera Carrasco as they share what their Latine heritage means to them.
#LatineHeritageMonth #LegalAid
A photo of author Aiden Thomas
The cover of THE SUNBEARER TRIALS, featuring a winged figure wearing a crown and holding a glowing skull, in blues and greens
Day 29 of #LatineHeritageMonth: THE SUNBEARER TRIALS, Mexican- and Cuban-American author Aiden Thomas's (@aidenschmaiden.bsky.social) gorgeous YA novel of the games gods play with mortals. Every decade, to replenish the sun, Sol chooses competitors for the Sunbearer Trials, with deadly consequences
The cover of THE SILENCED, featuring white strawberries bleeding their red color onto a miniature white house
A photo of author Diana Rodriguez Wallach
Day 28 of #LatineHeritageMonth: THE SILENCED, a harrowing haunting of a YA novel by Puerto Rican author Diana Rodriguez Wallach (@dianawallachauthor.bsky.social). Hazel's school project on the abandoned Oakwell Farm School for Girls quickly turns terrifying as she discovers spirits that still linger
From movement builders to artists, our community thrives at the intersection of cultura + action.
Celebrating the fierce, brilliant Latine queer leaders shaping NC.💫
#LatineHeritageMonth #QueerLatinePride #NCQueerVoices #EqualityNC
Celebrating the fierce, brilliant Latine queer leaders shaping NC.
From movement builders to artists, our community thrives at the intersection of cultura + action.
We see you. We uplift you. 💫
#LatineHeritageMonth #QueerLatinePride #NCQueerVoices #EqualityNC
A photo of author Meg Medina
The cover of GRACIELA IN THE ABYSS, featuring a translucent sea ghost against the currents, flora and fauna of the sea
Day 27 of #LatineHeritageMonth: GRACIELA IN THE ABYSS, a lyrical, mystical MG novel by Cuban-American author Meg Medina (with illustrations by Anna and Elena Balbusso). Graciela, a sea ghost, and Jorge, a mortal land-dweller, must save the world from an enchanted harpoon in this folkloric adventure
Manu!! by Kelly Fernandez
Manu stealing a book on black magic in front of her teacher, who decides it’s not worth the effort to get the book back.
Reading this for Latine Heritage Month and this is such a mood. Like teens are gonna teen lmao. #teacherlife #latineheritagemonth #manu
The cover of THE WTICH AND THE VAMPIRE, featuring two clasped hands surrounded by flowers
A photo of author Francesca Flores
Day 26 of #LatineHeritageMonth: THE WITCH AND THE VAMPIRE, Colombian-American author Francesca Flores' lush, sapphic Rapunzel retelling. Ava and Kaye were besties--until vampires turned Ava. Now Kaye is bound to kill all vampires, but she and Ava are stuck in a dangerous forest with feeeeeeelings
📣Celebrate Hispanic & Latine Heritage Month with 💛THE NEAPOLITAN SISTERS💜 by @margocandela.bsky.social! Three sisters. Three vastly different lives. A maelstrom of family secrets.
Pick up a copy today!
#latineheritagemonth
"Being Latino is pride in where I come from and commitment to lifting others as I move forward. I help people navigate FMLA, job searches, career growth. It's more than paperwork, it’s ensuring people know their rights, feel seen & are protected from injustice." - Jesus Segovia
#LatineHeritageMonth
This #BannedBooksWeek, we encourage everyone to pick up the books they want to read. No one can take away our freedom to read!
Here are 5 suggested books you should add to your reading list and read as we continue to celebrate #LatineHeritageMonth!
A photo of author Ruby Martinez
The cover of AN EMBROIDERY OF SOULS, featuring multicolored flora and fauna against a black background
Day 25 of #LatineHeritageMonth: AN EMBROIDERY OF SOULS, Mexican-American author Ruby Martinez's enchanting YA tale of magic and intrigue. Jade is a thread speaker: She can change your life with a needle and thread. But her mother is missing, a mysterious boy turns up, and a monster is out there...
The cover of LAST SUNRISE IN ETERNA, featuring a human girl and an elvish prince against an orange background with yellow and pink flora
A photo of author Amparo Ortiz
Day 24 of #LatineHeritageMonth: LAST SUNRISE IN ETERNA, Puerto Rican author Amparo Ortiz's (@amparoortiz.bsky.social) elvish bargain of a YA. Elves suck. But when Sevim is coerced into joining the Exchange, where she can trade her dreams for elvish magic, she learns that it's not quite that simple.
A photo of author Romina Garber
The cover of CASTLE OF THE CURSED, with a European-style castle sitting on a comparably sized mass of roots, blood running from the entry
Day 23 of #LatineHeritageMonth: CASTLE OF THE CURSED, a haunted romance by Argentine author Romina Garber (@rominagarber.bsky.social). You should all know by now that if you move to your dead family's ancestral castle in Spain, a mystery and a very gothic affair with a ghost will surely follow.
The cover of LAKE LORE, featuring two figures covered in lake flora, head and shoulders above the surface of a multicolored lake surface, with mountains and the moon in the background
A photo of author Anna-Marie McLemore
Day 22 of #LatineHeritageMonth: LAKE LORE, yet another ethereal dream of a novel by Mexican-American author Anna-Marie McLemore. When the mystical world beneath the lake starts to drift to the surface, the only two people who have been there will do anything to stop it--even talk to each other
A photo of author Alex Aster
The cover of LARKLIGHT, featuring a bouquet of red flowers, bound in thorns, against a black background
Day 21 of #LatineHeritageMonth: LARKLIGHT, a high-stakes, high-fantasy YA by Colombian-American author Alex Aster. Every 100 years, Larklight hosts the Centennial, a deadly game that gives the winner a chance to break a curse. A lot is riding on Isla...for herself and her people and her new love
The cover of ALL THESE MONSTERS, with the lavender words made of scales, with a tale coming out of the R, against a gray background
A photo of author Amy Tintera
Day 20 of #LatineHeritageMonth: ALL THESE MONSTERS, a dystopian, militaristic YA by Mexican-American author Amy Tintera (@amytintera.bsky.social). Clara is just ready to go--anywhere, as long as its away from home. So she jumps at the chance to fight monsters. But things are never that easy...
A photo of author Elizabeth Acevedo
The cover of FAMILY LORE, featuring three stylized women against a blue background
Day 19 of #LatineHeritageMonth: FAMILY LORE, Dominican-American author Elizabeth Acevedo's multigenerational novel. Flor can predict someone's death, so when she plans a living wake, it wreaks havoc. But that's just the beginning of Acevedo's glorious, women-focused work of family, love, and magic.
The cover of THE HAUNTING OF ALEJANDRA, featuring the head and shoulders of a woman, almost completely covered in stylized flowers, except for a portion of her face, against a marigold background
A photo of author V. Castro
Day 18 of #LatineHeritageMonth: THE HAUNTING OF ALEJANDRA, Chicana author V. Castro's (@vlatinalondon.bsky.social) searing horror novel. Though La Llorona and a mother's haunting, Castro masterful anticolonial work expertly deconstructs system oppression and the violence of motherhood
A photo of author Isabelle Olmo
The cover of QUEEN AND CONQUEROR, featuring an armored dress on a mannequin, backlit in red, surrounded by stylized gold filigree
Day 17 of #LatineHeritageMonth: QUEEN AND CONQUEROR, Puerto Rican author Isabelle Olmo's (@isabelleolmo.bsky.social) chess match of a political fantasy. Almira was raised to be cunning--and to rule. Olmo showcases the many ways women shape the future, and how Almira plays the game of a lifetime
