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Second grade group picture of Fernanda Cruz's yearbook.

Fernanda Contreras Cruz: Overcoming School Segregation

The exceptional story of Fernanda Contreras Cruz, a trailblazing Latina and education advocate in California.

Group of teenagers in front of a school building.

When Emma Tenayuca Disturbed the Peace: A Girl at the Forefront of Civil Commotion

Illustration of women in their roles as a model, a skater, an activist, a gardener, a reader.

The Politics of Latina Girlhood

Family Day at the National Museum of American History

Calling All Volunteers, the Smithsonian Latino Center Wants You

Angelica Medina, 2009 Young Ambassadors Program alumna.

Just a Thought | Representation in Children's Books

2012 Young Ambassadors Program alumna, Jessica Hernandez.

Intersectional Introspection: A Cross-Cultural Journey

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Conversations on Nuestra América (Our America)

Adán Chávez YAP ’14

The Importance of Latino Involvement in 2020 Census

The Smithsonian Latino Center offers fun learning opportunities that celebrate Latinidad.

Six Fun Learning Activities for April

Visitors in the gallery are confronted not just with the violence of colonization, but with the agency of Native and African resistance in the Caribbean, as well. Graphic design by Barbara Suhr for NMAI. Photo by Lawrence Waldron.

A Funeral for the Caribbean’s Native Extinction Hypothesis

Comic book illustration from La Borinqueña #1,written and created by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez. Illustration by Will Rosado and digital colors by Juan Fernández.© 2016 SomosArte, LLC.

We Are Still Here: The First Taíno Movement Exhibition

1992 stamp commemorating the life and work of Bartolomé de las Casas, a Dominican friar who denounced Spanish abuses against the Caribbean's Native people. Though he regretted it later, he recommended increasing the number of enslaved Africans to lessen the burden on Native communities. Courtesy of the National Postal Museum. Estampilla de 1992 en conmemoración de la vida y trabajo de Bartolomé de las Casas, un fraile dominicano que denunció los abusos de los españoles contra los pueblos indígenas del Caribe. Aunque luego se arrepintió, recomenó aumentar el número de africanos esclavizados para mitigar la carga de las comunidades indígenas. Cortesía del Museo Nacional del Correo.

Rereading Bartolomé de las Casas

Promotional image of the Caminos exhibit on display at Arte Américas. (Courtesy of Arte Américas)

The Importance of Latinx Representation in Museums

Museum Environments / Branded Environments LLC

New Molina Family Latino Gallery to Open at National Museum of American History in 2021

2018 SLC Day of the Dead. From left to right: Melissa Carrillo, SLC New Media & Technology Director; Xanath Caraza, Scholar and Writer; Frida Larios, Artist; José A. Ralat, Digital Media Specialist. Photo by Tyler Orsburn.

Smithsonian Latino Center Day of the Dead Celebration 2018

Hollywood Forever Collections. Smithsonian Latino Center, 2012.

Remembering the Dearly Departed: Day of the Dead Celebration

Smithsonian Latino Center avatar representation of La Llorona

Ante el río / Before the River

Smithsonian Latino Center, Hollywood Forever Collections

Literary Calaveras

Smithsonian Latino Center avatar representation of La Llorona

¡Ay, mis hijos!, a Llorona Story

Young Ambassador, Mia Cooper and her supervisor Cathy posing with the cast of the superhero show

Taking a Walk on the “Science” Side of Life

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