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Known Around the World as the Founder of Population MIC, followed by 100s of Thousands, Activist Sara Mora Will Kick Off National Pitch Contest for Girl Entrepreneurs
On Netflix’s top 10 list for weeks shows like “Selena: The Series” demonstrate the power of girls, particularly girls of color when it comes to making or breaking popular media. Yet, there are no Latina, Black, Native American and just a handful of Asian female studio heads in Hollywood. Chloe Zhao, was the first Asian…
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Latinitas is Proud to Present “Media Chica: Workshops”!
Latinitas is excited to bring to you “Media Chica: Workshops,” a series of webinars led by innovative Latinas and Women of Color in the media field! We have updated and improved our program to better serve our students! Each webinar will focus on a different topic that helps elevate and teach skills to high school…
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NPR Latino USA Founder Maria Hinojosa to Keynote Startup Chica Nacional (2/27)
AUSTIN, TX — Netflix just cusped 200 million subscribers earning billions last year alone. Over 43 million episodes of podcasts were uploaded and broadcast in the same time frame on a variety of platforms and some like Joe Rogan’s earn more than $30M a year. Despite such success, these media products started as a pitch.…
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Latinitas Receives American Honda Foundation Grant
We are excited to announce… Latinitas received the American Honda Foundation Grant!! The American Honda Foundation grants are characterized by the following characteristics: imaginative, creative, youthful, forward-thinking, innovative, scientific and humanistic. They do this through the vehicle of supporting youth STEM education. This month, out of a selection of 1% of finalists from over 500…
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Latinitas Proudly Receives Texas One Star Foundation’s COVID Relief Grant
Latinitas was just 1 of 16 recipients statewide of Texas One Star Foundation’s COVID Relief grant this summer! The selection was focused on nonprofits doing the longtime equity and education work amongst COVID’s most vulnerable communities. This summer, Latinitas took on 14 weeks of remote camps, conferences and coding certification programs which attracted participation from…
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Latinitas partners with Facebook to bring Engineer For The Week
Latinitas has partnered with Facebook to bring Engineer For The Week to our chicas! Engineer For The Week is a national, after school STEM program that introduces historically underrepresented learners (ages 11-18) to engineering. Latinitas has implemented the STEM curriculum into our after school program to bring our chicas more opportunities than ever! Over the…
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StartUp Chica (10/10) is taking over the world! But first the nation!
Startup Chica is going Nacional! Our annual conference Startup Chica is happening October 10th! This one day event gathers girls and teens ages 9-18 to come together and spend the day learning the business skills needed to launch their own startup or product that identifies and solves community issues. Throughout the day, the teams will…
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Future Chica Conference (7/18) Takes on COVID, Climate Change – the works!
Latinitas’ signature Spring conference: Future Chica is in its 3rd year in Austin this July. This one day event gathers girls and teens ages 9-18 to come together and use 21st century technologies to do some problem-solving on a global level. The day is broken up into three parts: intros to new tech, career presentation…
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Virtual Latinitas: Remote Summer Programs 2020
Born out of the need to increase the representation of Latina and other girls of color in media and technology, Latinitas has a long-history of pivoting and adapting quickly to social and economic trends and now, for the first time, a pandemic. Almost immediately following the call for shelter in place Latinitas began moving its…
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Amplify New and Diverse Voices in Media and Tech: Latinitas 20 in 2020 Campaign
AUSTIN, TX – 80% of Austin’s incoming kindergarten is LatinX and 50% of those kids are female so when you say the future is female, that female in Austin is most likely a “Latinita.” Almost 20 years old, Latinitas has been the only bilingual STEM nonprofit in Austin for this long and that impact is…
