Author explores themes of cultural identity, changing family and friendship dynamics, and coping with big emotions, in her writing.

“Coming to these games, especially tonight, representing my culture but also being here and representing him. (great-grandfather).”

In addition to Mexicans and Ecuadorians, the largest Latino cultural groups in the state are Salvadorans, Guatemalans, and Colombians.

"I understand there is a lot of crime with immigrants, but they’re blaming it all on Latins. They’re all being lumped together.

“Seattle is pretty famous for the ‘Seattle Freeze’ and when you add in being Latinx, trying to build comunidad, it can be really tough.”

"A quarter of all Hispanic, Latino eligible voters, some 8.5 million, live in California. LNN needed to expand coverage to that state in this presidential election year.," said Balta