Tasha Sandoval

Jan 24, 2025 | latinousa.org | Ariel Goodman |Inés Rénique |Tasha Sandoval |Luis Eduardo Luna

The time has come and Donald J. Trump is, once again, President of the United States. President Trump hit the ground running with sweeping promises to shut down the southern border, ramp up oil drilling and exports, and keep the definition of gender to two strict categories: male and female. Latino USA teams up with Futuro Media’s political podcast, In the Thick, to hear how folks are reacting to Trump’s inauguration speech and his day 1 executive orders.

Nov 19, 2024 | publicbooks.org | Tasha Sandoval |Megan Cummins

“It was apparent to anyone with eyes that hers was not the life she dreamed of.” So Karla Cornejo Villavicencio describes Fernanda, the grandmother of the titular protagonist in her brilliant novel, Catalina. A woman with unfulfilled aspirations, Fernanda worked and worked and worked and put all of her hope on her granddaughter, Catalina.

Aug 27, 2023 | publicbooks.org | Geraldo L. Cadava |Tasha Sandoval

“I wanted to explore miscommunications between families, and I wanted to explore how deep sisterly love really goes.” “I realized that if I was going to write a story about healers, I also had to write a story about healing.” “Arts, writing, journalism—these things are born from our passions … this thing that is our weak spot.” “One of the things that helps define Latino identity is this sense of having a history but also not knowing the history.” Writing Latinos, from Public Books, features...

Jul 12, 2023 | publicbooks.org | Geraldo L. Cadava |Tasha Sandoval |Katherine Churchill |Megan Cummins

Writing Latinos, from Public Books, features interviews with Latino (a/x/e) authors discussing their books and how their writing contributes to the ever-changing conversation about the meanings of latinidad. In this episode, Geraldo Cadava and Tasha Sandoval talk with Raquel Gutiérrez about their critically acclaimed book, Brown Neon: Essays, published by Coffee House Press.

Jun 21, 2023 | refinery29.com | Tasha Sandoval

The ongoing attacks on affirmative action are triggering memories of a college hookup: In my recollection, I can see us stumbling through our campus quad. Our friends at the dining hall tried to hide their knowing smiles, telling us to hurry back. Drunken midnight snacks could wait, but our hormones, apparently, could not, so we went back to my dorm together. He lifted me up and kissed me, trying to impress me with his display of strength.