Marie Southard Ospina

Jul 2, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Marie Southard Ospina

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Jul 2, 2024 | parents.com | Marie Southard Ospina

In 2024, it’s not uncommon to hear about the importance of raising children to thrive in an increasingly global society. If we take this to mean that part of a child’s learning journey should encompass an education around nations, cultures, languages, and experiences beyond their own, alongside an appreciation for their unique heritage, the sentiment is unequivocally sound.

May 29, 2024 | parents.com | Marie Southard Ospina

In the 1990s, I was a first-generation Colombian-American kid growing up in the New Jersey suburbs. The town, at the time, was over 90% Caucasian, and besides my mother and older brother, I only knew one other Latine member in the community (a dear friend’s stepfather).

May 29, 2024 | parents.com | Marie Southard Ospina

I still remember one of my very first sleepovers. I was 9 and a girl one year my senior moved into a house down the street of my Jersey Shore suburb. We bonded instantly—both of us chunky, curly-haired, anxious, and nerdy. We spent an inseparable first summer together, playing basketball on the street, annoying her little brothers, and having countless barbecues in her backyard. I loved spending time in her home.

Jul 25, 2023 | msn.com | Marie Southard Ospina

Before there were as many plus-size clothing brands available to shop on e-shelves as there are in 2023, we fat babes had very few options when it came to our aesthetic self-expression. There is only so much one can do when relegated to the ill-fitting boot-cut jean and occasionally rhinestoned tunic top section of the local department store. Many of us turned to beauty as a way of experimenting with our looks instead.