by Alexandra Arrivillaga | Jun 17, 2020 | Afro-Columbian, Alexandra Arrivillaga, Boston, Massachusetts
Every culture has its own ways to mourn the death of friends and family members. The western cultures morn their deaths with funerals and burial ceremonies. In the culture of Afro-Columbian, the funerals are quite different than those of the western cultures. While in...
by Alexandra Arrivillaga | May 21, 2020 | Alexandra Arrivillaga, Business, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship
With 2020 quickly becoming the year of “cancel culture,” you find more and more girls and young women failing to see their worth. Women who knock each other down with a few strokes of their fingers across the keyboards, who hide behind their computer screens, often...
by Alexandra Arrivillaga | Apr 16, 2020 | Alexandra Arrivillaga, Empowerment, Travel
Did you know that Colombia has the second largest population of African descendant population in Latin America, according to Minority Rights Group International? African descendant culture is present in every major city in the country, with over 1 million living in...
by Alexandra Arrivillaga | Feb 21, 2020 | Alexandra Arrivillaga, Boston, Business, Travel
With all the ancestry kits out there, people can easily find out where they come from. This means the country where their ancestors were born before they came to America. For many, this means going back a few generations. It’s fun to trace the countries and to find...
by Alexandra Arrivillaga | Jan 31, 2020 | Alexandra Arrivillaga, Boston, Business, Entrepreneurship
Throughout history, Latinos have been at the forefront of some of the greatest advances in the arts and sciences. Here are just ten revolutionary inventions created by Latinos, and why the world owes a debt of gratitude to these truly remarkable individuals. ...
