“Many of our Latinas today are creating history, developing pathways that have not been walked through,” says Castellanos, who has done extensive research on cultural incongruities that Latinas face in college.
“Some Latinas in the 1970s didn’t have children and pursued grad school and became great professionals,” she says. “Now you are looking at a mass of Latinas — even though they are not coming through in herds — pursuing those opportunities. Now you are also seeing the sibling effect. My sister did it; I can do it too. There is something to be said about these Latinas creating a new culture and for what it means to be a modern Latina in contemporary society.”
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