They closed their oration with a plea for the Feathered Serpent’s blessing and consent for these educational gifts. (Dibble & Anderson, Book 6, p.210) Sahagun records that a girl dedicated to the calmecac received a distinctive scarification mark on her hips and chest at this time, and ...
Or maybe I was a unknowing pioneer in my city, a stray Latino who was a harbinger of a more diverse, multicultural future. I’d like to think that this last option is the truth, and that the class of ’08 has so many Hispanics that the place is up to five categories of names. B...
•Nov. 30 –In the children’s bookThe Poet UpstairsbyJudith Ortiz Cofer, a young girl makes friends with a writer. • Dec. 4 –Raised From the Ground,by the late Nobel Prize winnerJosé Saramago, is a reissue of a book – published for the first time in English – that depicts ...
My first job, apart from baby-sitting, was at age 12 as a soda fountain girl at my aunt's restaurant. Later I was a weekend cashier at her beauty shop. As a student at the University of Texas-Austin, I'd visit the places on campus where my grandpa laid concrete. My grandpa made ...
Alaya High –“That Girl Lay Lay” (Nickelodeon) Elisha “EJ” Williams –“The Wonder Years” (ABC) Jalyn Hall –“The Crossover” (Disney+) Keivonn Woodard –“The Last of Us” (HBO | Max) Leah Sava Jeffries –“Percy Jackson and the Olympians” (Disney+) ...