Maya CastilloOn legitimacy and “brown-ness”: Post-Hispanic Heritage Month and (establishing) identityPart 3: Caramel colored skin3 min read·Nov 10, 2021----
Maya CastilloOn legitimacy and “brown-ness”: Hispanic Heritage Month and identityPart 2: I’m not a cowgirl (a journal entry)3 min read·Oct 14, 2021--1--1
Maya CastilloOn legitimacy and “brown-ness”: Hispanic Heritage Month and identityPart 1. While I appreciate your concern…3 min read·Oct 11, 2021----
Maya Castillo“Thesoupofyourchildhood”Sometimes our kids call it “thesoupofyourchildhood,” said just like that, in one breath. Sometimes they say “sopadefideo.” It’s one of our…3 min read·Aug 26, 2021----
Maya CastilloGetting my portrait painted and addressing the “Critical Race Theory” conversation head onMagdalena, artistic child, age 10, was creating a portrait of a classmate. In the portrait, the friend’s skin was peach, like a skin…5 min read·Jul 19, 2021----
Maya CastilloHow we tiptoed back to “normal.”“I want to live long enough to see my children grow up.”2 min read·Jun 3, 2021----
Maya CastilloWhere pain and love never endLiving with autoimmune disease in COVID-times3 min read·May 7, 2020----