Shayne Thompson

Mom of one and Peloton yoga instructor Chelsea Jackson Roberts shares her experience as a working mom striving to achieve balance in life.

As an Afro-Latina, I sometimes feel the urge to share my stories, but I won’t do that at the risk of stepping on the toes of Black women. I don’t mind taking up space in general. I’ve earned my space and I’m proud to be who I am and to take up all the space I deserve in every situation. But there’s one area that still feels uncomfortable to me. As an Afro-Latina, I’ve been asked to represent African-American communities on multiple occasions, and even though my genetics tell me my ancestry is...

Growing up, pasteles were a special treat that we didn't get often. A savory pie of sorts, they're typically eaten during the holidays in Puerto Rican households. While my mom usually hosted Christmas, she worked 12-hour days and didn't often have time to make them herself. Instead, she bought them from a man who drove around the neighborhood and sold them from the trunk of his car for weeks before the holidays arrived each year.
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In CafeMom's monthly series, Work It, Mama, powerful moms detail how they navigate their professions and home life.
Imagine one day you're getting ready to go back to work after an extended period of time off to care for a loved one after a major medical procedure, and suddenly, the whole world is dealing with a health emergency. Now, that medical leave you took is extended with no known end date.
For Omi Hopper, a mom of four boys, staying home didn't start when it did for the rest of us in ...

Being Afro-Latina is who I am. It always has been, whether I knew it or not. Growing up in the ’80s and ’90s, no one talked about it or had a label for it, so it wasn’t something I gave much thought to, but like most Puerto Ricans, I had been taught that we were a mix of European, African and Taíno. Still, what that meant about my identity never felt like something concrete. I genuinely just felt like I just was who I was — a Puerto Rican girl with an American first name, born in New Jersey, ...

Nearly every Latin American country has its own version of the empanada. In Puerto Rico — my family's country of origin — some call them pastelillos and others call them empanadas, but they are essentially the same thing. In my family, we always called them pastelillos, and I didn't even know what an empanada was until I was an adult and they became super-trendy throughout the United States. Regardless of the name, they are an all-time favorite food of so many Puerto Ricans, including myself....

After lodging and airfare—and sometimes even ahead of it—food is one of the biggest expenses for travelers. Eating out two or three times a day, every day, for an extended period can be cost-prohibitive for the average would-be traveler, especially when the budget has to stretch to feed multiple people. Fortunately, there are ways to find cheap eats no matter where you’re headed—even in some of the world’s biggest, most expensive cities.
And no, I’m not talking about cooking all or even some ...

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Shopping for gifts for foodie friends is so much fun, especially if you’re a foodie yourself, but sometimes it can be a bit tricky. You may not know every single cooking gadget or bit of decorative kitchen swag they already own, and of course you’d never want your gift to be a duplicate. So here, we’ve curated an awesome gift guide for Latinx foodies that’s full of unique, interesting and thoughtful holiday gift ideas for your favorite food-lover. These Latinx-owned brands include upgrades fo...

With all the scientific advancements we've witnessed throughout our lifetimes, medical miracles seem to happen at an increasing frequency these days. But they never seem to get any less awe-inspiring. Doctors at Boston Children's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital recently performed an incredible surgery, saving the life of an unborn baby.
A few months ago, Louisiana couple Derek and Kenyatta Coleman went to their 30-week ultrasound, where doctors discovered an abnormality. Not long ...

Actress and model Jillian Mercado has spent her entire career breaking barriers for the disabled community. From her role on Showtime's "The L Word: Generation Q" to her unprecedented appearance on the runway during New York Fashion Week in 2020, Mercado has been making her presence known in the entertainment world for some time now, representing not just Latinas, but the disability community.
Mercado, who is of Dominican descent and was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy as a teenager, is a s...

Your skin may have different needs in midlife than it did when you were younger, especially during the dry winter months. This skincare routine will help you have your best winter skin yet.

Chances are, if there’s a mami in your life, you’re tasked with picking out the perfect gift for her multiple times a year. Whether she’s your own mamá, your bestie, your sister or your prima, with all that gift giving, options might feel a little stagnant at times. One of the things we love about shopping for Latina moms though, is that it gives us a chance to support Latinx-owned businesses and creators, to find meaningful gifts that speak to their priorities, identities and personal style....

We all have unique roots that inform and inspire our choices and actions. And for Latinx individuals in the US, a big part of many of our stories are our families' immigration journeys. For small business owner Luisaura Alvarez, being a first-generation college graduate raised by a single mother from the Dominican Republic motivated her to push harder to succeed.
Seeing her parents, particularly her mother, sacrifice to make her life better made Alvarez determined to make them proud. Now, she...