Hey everyone! It's halfway through the academic year for lots of us students (yes, I'm back in school), but it's also graduation season! Firstly, I wanted to...

If you follow me on Instagram, you'll know that I love sharing purchases and deals with everyone by keeping them in my Highlights. Someone suggested I share ...

First thing's first. Rest in peace, Aretha Franklin. To be honest ... my Dominican-American, yet not quite Dominican or American self never really listened t...

Hey guys! Back with another True Life: Your Average Afrolatina blog post featuring a dope Afro-Latina who is all about Marketing! This beautiful lady reached...

Hey guys! It's been a while, but blogging takes some serious brain power, lol. Also, it's difficult when you have so many ideas and can't even wrap your head...

Finding natural hair beauty brands can be very difficult, especially with all the hype surrounding the top selling brands on social media. Small businesses a...

As an Instagram page curator, I feel like May has been a busy month. There have been so many dates and celebrations that I never knew about until now! Now, I...

In our quest for natural hair products, it's only fitting that we come across natural hair accessories such as pillow cases, bonnets, turbans, and head wraps...

In Dominican culture (and many other cultures), mothers jokingly say that you're ready to get married once you can cook a proper meal. Obviously women weren'...

Adulting is difficult. You have to work, pay bills, and convince other people that you aren't a child anymore. You also have to deal with the reality that yo...

Hi guys! This week I have some super amazing lipsticks to share from one of my favorite Latinx owned companies. If you aren’t familiar with Vive Cosmetics, s...

I've been to therapy before. Twice in my life, if my memory serves me correctly. The first time was when I was younger, around 5th or 6th grade maybe, and I ...

Being married for nearly two years now, I've heard my fair share of, "So, are you pregnant yet?" and "When's the baby coming?" To this, I always respond, "No...

Got nudes? Until recently, shopping for "nude" anything typically meant that I was looking at products that cater to the much lighter (whiter) skin tones - f...

Many of us afrolatinas get started on our journey by learning to love our hair. At least, that's what happened to me. If you're just starting out, or things ...

I've begun a new series on my Instagram page called #TrueLifeYourAverageAfrolatina. Because again, there is no prototype, right? We come from all walks of li...

2017 is almost over. I haven't written in a while, but I figured I would share some of my goals for this year with you all! These are things I've been workin...

It never really hit me until recently that I was a daughter of immigrants. It never really hit me that they came to this country, leaving theirs, for what th...

Hi everyone! I couldn't let Small Business Saturday pass by without sharing a company I'd been dying to try. I first found KWEEN Cosmetics on Twitter via the...

If you've been following me for a while on Instagram, you'll know that this page was inspired by Elizabeth Acevedo. I didn't know who she was until one day, ...