I have been one to readily reject the idea of learning how to cook. I grew up in a household where women cooked, and that is all they were to do. They were not a part of the decision-making nor what I felt were integral parts of the family dynamics »
Article written by Kyli Rodriguez-Cay [https://www.bustle.com/profile/kyli-rodriguez-cayro-2288649]: link below for the entire piece on BUSTLE my snippet below: "Because so much of my work can be online for the majority of the year, sometimes it feels like I am never 'off.' However, [...] I »
Article written by Virginia Isaad [https://fierce.wearemitu.com/author/virginiaisaad]: link below for the entire piece on FIERCE Latina Rebels [https://www.instagram.com/latinarebels/?hl=en]founder and all-around fierce Latina Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez [http://www.priscadorcas.com/] is one of the most vocal and prominent feminist »
I was recently interviewed by one of my favorite podcasts! "On this episode, Yvette and Cynthia interview Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez-- the founder of LatinaRebels. They discuss the current Nicaraguan political crisis and contextualize its history, swap stories of toxic mentors, and Prisca drops knowledge on the true meaning »
The first time I heard about the Young Lords, I was in graduate school. I was entirely too grown to be hearing about what seemed like an important part of my Latinx history in the United States. In this book (which I cannot even recall), the Young Lords were mentioned »
I have been put off by the various references to that “creepy” uncle, within Latinx communities. I know I am projecting, but the word creepy as a female in my early thirties only has one connotation, and it invokes fear with sexual undertones. When I call a man creepy, I »
Have you ever watched those films back when people went to war, and they would smear paint on their faces? I have. Growing up, I have seen indigenous communities be depicted as wearing war paint (though we know that Hollywood likes to make anyone who is not-white seem like savages »
You are eternal. You are neither here nor there, but everywhere. You carry the hood in your veins and academia in your heart. You have not forgotten where you come from, but have learned and earned your way into spaces not meant for you. Spaces that are uninviting to your »
I am the first in the my family to do a lot of things, like go to college and get a graduate degree. And all my accolades began to go to my head. I began to feel like I was better than the people who made it possible for me »
Catch my interview with NPR Chicago, Worldview. Click here to listen [https://www.wbez.org/shows/worldview/prisca-dorcas-mojica-rodriguez-on-race-education-and-politics/d9d01be0-8ce2-4acd-bd26-27b4cc71e574] ! »
Article Feature about me written on Bustle, link below for the entire piece on their site Bustle’s Must Follow series highlights the game-changing voices we're excited to follow on social media. And in honor of Latinx Heritage Month, we've compiled a special list of women »
