Yvonne Condes
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Freelance writer, Contributing Editor @PicturingMexAm, Social Media Manager, photographer, gluten-free baker, runner, OG mom blogger.
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2 days ago |
huffingtonpost.jp | Yvonne Condes
プロのジャーナリストとしてのワクワクする新生活の初日は、上司からの1つの質問から始まった。 「What are you？（あなたは何人なの？）」 上司は、私が「マイノリティ（白人以外）」に見えないと言った。私がこの仕事を得られたのはマイノリティだからだよね？と。 私は何者なんだろう？私は「DEI採用」（多様性、公平性、包括性を保つための採用枠）という言葉が存在するずっと前からDEI枠として採用されていた。 私の名前はイヴォン・コンデス・デ・ラ・トーレ。勤勉な両親から、彼らより楽な人生を送れるようになるため、アメリカに適応するよう教え込まれ育ったラテン系2世のX世代だ。見た目は白人で、そこそこのスペイン語しか話せないが、内面は誇り高き「チカーナ（メキシコ系アメリカ人）」だった。 「私はメキシコ人です」と答えた。しかし、上司のそのシンプルな質問が、私の出身地や、どうやって自分の現在地に辿り着いたのか、そしてこれまでの道のりがどれほど他の人と違っているのかを考えさせた。...
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3 weeks ago |
huffpost.com | Yvonne Condes
The first day of my exciting new life as a working journalist started with a question. “What are you?” the editor asked me. He said I didn’t look like “a minority,” and wasn’t that the reason I was given such a good opportunity? What was I? I was a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hire long before the term existed.
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Feb 21, 2025 |
latimes.com | Yvonne Condes
Miguel Ramos says that at nearly every stop on the four-month bike ride he took from Los Angeles to Guatemala in 2012, someone asked his group two questions, “Where are you coming from?” and “Where are you going?”On the surface, they were typical ice-breaker questions. It wasn’t until the group was invited to a Baktun ceremony, which commemorates the end of a Mayan calendar cycle, with Guatemalan human rights activist Rigoberta Menchú that Ramos understood what they meant.
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Feb 13, 2025 |
latimes.com | Yvonne Condes
Sara P. Mijares grew up watching her mother make dishes like Cochinita Pibil, a slow-cooked pork dish with red achiote that originated in Yucatán. Unsure on how to make it, she stayed away from from the recipe until taking classes at .
After the fires, job losses and deportation threats, L.A.’s migrant workers are under immense stress
Feb 8, 2025 |
latimes.com | Yvonne Condes
It started with a pounding headache that wouldn’t go away. When Maria Cardenas tried standing up, the room began to spin and she couldn’t catch her breath. She wondered what was happening to her. The 52-year-old hadn’t been able to sleep since her last day at work on Jan. 7; the day the Palisades fire swept through Malibu, forcing her to flee her employer’s home. That was only part of what kept her up at night. Her husband’s income as a gardener had abruptly stopped that day, along with her own.
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