Introducing: 100 Latina Birthdays

Latina to Latina

LWC Studios

Aliciamenendez, Entrepreneurship, News, Entertainment News, 519788, Business, Latinas, Lantiguawilliams, Latinos, Hispanics, Society & Culture

4.8 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The health and wellness of Latinas is crucial to the health and wellbeing of the U.S. economy. In 100 Latina Birthdays, an original documentary series from Peabody-nominated LWC Studios, reporters in Chicago investigate the health and lifetime outcomes of Latinas in the United States from birth to age 100. In season 1, the stories that unfold center Latinas during their perinatal journeys, childhood, adolescence, and up until age 20. In episode 1, new parents Wendy Miralda and José Paz are navigating the first year of their daughter Jelyani’s life, in Spanish. Language is key to their connection as a family and as Hondurans living in a predominantly Mexican neighborhood in Waukegan, Illinois. The Paz family never questioned teaching their baby Spanish. But many Latinos in the U.S. grapple with the misconception that doing so could delay their child learning English, or affect their development. There’s also the stigma Latinos face when they don’t teach their children Spanish. Reporter Andrea Flores dives into the research on infant brain development that supports bilingualism, and tackles the harmful misconceptions that divide U.S. Latinos along language lines. For more information, all episodes, and transcripts visit us at 100latinabirthdays.com. Follow us on social media @100latinabirthdays.

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0:00.0	Hi listeners, I'm Paulina Velasco. I'm the editor of a new series from LWC Studios. It's called 100 Latina birthdays. It's an original documentary podcast that investigates the health and lifetime outcomes of Latinas in the U.S. In the first season, 10 episodes, one out each week, we tell the stories of Latinas going through different milestones in the first
0:21.9	20 years of their life. So we have perinatal health stories, babies, toddlers, we talk to families
0:28.3	with Latina girls, they talk about nutrition and sports, we talk with teens about adolescence
0:34.0	and growing up, and we get stories from Latinas in the first couple years of college,
0:38.1	but the context and implications are all nationwide. If you're Latina, you know or love a Latina,
0:44.5	you're curious about the questions we're asking ourselves, the hurdles we're experiencing,
0:49.0	how we're growing up, and taking care of our physical and mental health in this, the United States,
0:53.9	navigate to our feed,
0:55.5	100 Latina birthdays, wherever you listen to this show, or go to our website, 100 latinal birthdays.com.
1:01.8	Here's this episode. Enjoy.
1:06.5	By 2050, Latinas will make up a quarter of all women in the U.S.
1:11.6	We're gaining an education, participating in the labor market, accumulating wealth, and embracing entrepreneurship.
1:18.1	The future of the United States is irrevocably tied to the health and well-being of Latinas.
1:25.1	I'm Andrea Flores, a journalist based in the Chicagoland area,
1:28.4	but more specifically, Waukegan, where I was born and raised,
1:31.5	and where this episode takes place.
1:35.4	Waukegan is nestled between some of the country's wealthiest towns.
1:39.4	Think where Home Alone and Ferris Bueller's Day Off were filmed.
1:43.6	But Waukegan is one of the poorest cities in Illinois.
1:47.0	More than half of the city identifies as Latino.
1:49.9	And while the majority of the population is Mexican,
1:52.8	there are also Hondurans, Salvadorans, Puerto Ricans, Belizeans, and other Latinos.
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