When I was in the third grade, I always did my class work and finished it quickly. I had just started my first year in my school’s gifted and talented program, which put a target, invisible to me, on my back. I wasn’t aware that people didn’t like me when I was in third grade. [...]

Young Latinas are taking a stand against digital photo altering in magazines for teens and women to redefine what is beautiful. Many fashion magazines feature pictures that are “perfected” with the help of technology tools like Photoshop.  Digital altering can completely change the image of model from hair color to waistline and blemishes to weight. [...]

Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber, with his boyish charm, has made girls around the world swoon in stadiums everywhere. Since his discovery in 2008, he has topped the Billboard charts with his hits such as “Baby” and “Boyfriend,” been on the cover of nearly every magazine and has even been featured on the big screen with [...]

Latinitas speak out about all the photoshopping done to magazine covers and advertisements.  With the ease of photo editing software, magazine editors are altering the images of models and what you see isn’t always real. Find out what these Latinitas readers think in their letters to the editors of teen magazines expressing their opinions. Dear [...]

Growing up there are tons of pressures from school to issues with friends and family.  These chicas have found creative outlets to express themselves, let out their feelings, deal with emotions and destress. “I write in my journal or take a run. I don’t like talking about my emotions.” -Kylah, age 12 “I express my [...]

These chicas are dreaming big. Girls describe their personal, career and community goals. My career and education goal is to go to college at UT Austin and get A’s in all my classes. My community goal is to go green. My goal for my family is to grow bigger. My friends goal is to finish [...]

A special mom would help her daughter with her first steps, A special mom would help her daughter up when she falls, A special mom would tuck her daughter in at night, A special mom would hug her daughter when she has a bad dream, A special mom would be there when her daughter has [...]

It’s Monday morning and the sound of an alarm clock goes off. A young girl wakes up and gets ready. She has breakfast, grabs her backpack and says goodbye to her parents before leaving to go spend the next seven hours at school. When she arrives at school, she passes the hallways through a sea [...]

When I was ten, I can remember one late Christmas mass where we always have a tradition to light the candles when Jesus is born. We had just said a special prayer, and when I turned my mother’s candle was lit, but mine was not. She passed hers down and lit mine.   My culture [...]

A mentor is someone that guides you on a path that can impact your life and change your whole perception on things. Your mentor can be your mom, dad, sister, teacher, or a close friend. It can be anyone. Our teen readers share their story about the women who inspire them. My mom is my [...]