Today is a Mexican national holiday because former President Benito Juárez was born March 21, 1806. In the history of Mexico only one indigenous man has been elected president, Benito Juárez, of the Zapotec tribe. Juárez started life with few advantages, in poverty. His parents died when he was small and his grandparents not long […]
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What if the only way you could pursue an education and have time to write was to take a vow of abstinence and poverty and enter a monastery or convent? That was the decision Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana made when she became Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Sister Juana Inés […]
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Happy Women’s History Month! Let’s dig in… In Mexican history one of the most famous women is a Nahua (Aztec) who lived five hundred years ago. She’s a controversial figure because she rose from slavery to wield power as a diplomat negotiating between two great nations. She began life named Malinali when she was born […]
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