La reina de la salsa va a estar en una moneda! The U.S. Mint is honoring the legend herself, Celia Cruz, with a quarter of her own — making her the first Afro Latina to appear on the coin. My latest for NPR n.pr/3Xj3KgG

The entire team behind this bilingual SOTU broadcast worked overtime to make it all happen and I'm proud to have played a small part in bringing it to life. We're live now, so listen in! Even if you don't know Spanish, now's your chance to learn. x.com/i/spaces/1LyxB…

First time ever NPR had a bilingual panel covering the Stare of the Union and we had Biden’s address in Spanish. Huge shout to Pablo Valdivia and NPR Oye for bringing this to life with Erika A. Aguilar A Martínez Claudia Grisales (on Bsky & Threads) Franco Ordoñez Eyder Peralta and Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

These are the type of stories I love to see! A job well done by Brian De Los Santos and Samanta Helou Hernandez. laist.com/news/how-to-la…

quick someone give me $10,001

With the help of Ana Pais 🌱, we turned Lisette Arévalo Gross' great reporting on Radio Ambulante into a bilingual story for NPR and I learned a ton more about reggaeton than I ever have before. Read/listen!

Today on Instagram, actor Tenoch Huerta Mejía celebrated an artisan from the Indigenous community of Ahuirán, Paracho, Michoacán: Feliciana Hernández Bautista. But did you know that she also designed and created the raven rebozo that Huerta wore to Milan Fashion Week last year? 🧵

this vida can’t be the carnaval Celia told me about

My Latino colleagues and I are building something new at NPR! Come join us. instagram.com/nproye/

I was interviewed by Hanaa’ Tameez from Nieman Lab about my role at NPR, and this is as good a chance as ever to say if you're not following NPR Oye on Instagram, you should be. 💖niemanlab.org/2023/05/meet-t…

Meet the first-ever editor for Latino audiences at NPR, Pablo Valdivia. ift.tt/4MQ8BGk

I can't wait to watch this again

Some of our nation's top journalists will be at this year's #CHCIHHM23 Leadership Conference! Join us in person on 9/19-20 for two days of insightful sessions with 2000+ experts & influencers impacting the #Latino community. Be part of the dialogue! events.chci.org/HHM23.

I was lucky enough to be a part of the final class of the WB Television Writers Workshop! So grateful for this educational experience and affirmation that the industry does indeed need the unhinged voices of haunted little creep writers like myself.

And let me just reiterate...De Los isn't gone. Fidel Martinez Martina Ibáñez-Baldor Jessica Perez @Spacehoes_ are still there and will do an amazing job of building on the legacy. Please still read De Los!!!!

Super kind of the @nproye team for boosting my thoughts about Los Angeles Times. There is nothing new here that I haven't been saying since I started writing online 20 years ago and since I founded Latino Rebels ☆ in 2011.