Maria Fontoura

Before Johnny Valencia became one of Hollywood’s most sought-after vintage designer plugs – securing shoes, dresses, and other garments for clients including Beyoncé, Rihanna, Anitta, Ice Spice, Pedro Pascal, and the Kardashian-Jenner family — Valencia had several career paths he wanted to pursue. He began college with aspirations to become a veterinarian, so he signed up for science courses and even lived on a farm. While there was still time […]

Much like last week with Taylor Swift, this weekend is all about Martin Scorsese. His newest epic, Killers of the Flower Moon, is finally coming to theaters after years of speculation about what the director would do with one of the most significant pieces of historical nonfiction in recent memory. The answer is a three-and-a-half-hour western epic that is already being celebrated as one of his all-time best films. However, […]

“I came to this earth to do music, and that’s all I have been doing my entire life,” Cuban artist Daymé Arocena told LATINA back in May from her home in Puerto Rico. “I never made the decision to be a musician. I was just born a musician.” Arocena’s parents supported her to fine-tune her talent from a young age. At ten years old, the Havana-born singer was admitted to […]

Among its incredible vistas and high-alpine charm, Aspen, Colorado is also known to be expensive and inaccessible to most. The Raizado Festival is looking to change that. The premise of the festival is simple: to bring together Latino changemakers and to uplift the workers who often serve as the backbone of Aspen’s thriving leisure economy. In 2022, during the festival’s inauguration, NBC News in Spanish reported that 35% of the […]

When Natalia Lafourcade returned to her home in Xalapa, Mexico, after a long period of traveling and performing, she found a withering garden with only a few blooming flowers. Lafourcade was getting used to being at home again when the pandemic hit, and like the rest of the world, she had to face prolonged isolation. It not only meant she had to reprogram her quotidian routine after being on the […]