100 Latina Birthdays
An original documentary series from LWC Studios that investigates the health and lifetime outcomes of Latinas in the United States from birth to age 100.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 25
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2024
Essential and Overlooked: The Silent Struggles of Latinas in the Workforce
From healthcare to home care, education to service industries, Latinas are at the forefront of essential labor—but their contributions come at a steep cost. With one of the highest labor market parti…
Living in Survival Mode: Why Latinas Facing Homelessness Experience Simultaneous Health Crises, Part 2
Between 2015 to 2019, unsheltered homelessness increased among two populations: women and Latinos. Homelessness carries a social stigma, and getting help is difficult because people do not disclose h…
Living in Survival Mode: Why Latinas Facing Homelessness Experience Simultaneous Health Crises, Part 1
70 Million Investigates: ICE x Gender - Mothers Seeking Asylum Face Much More Than Documentation Challenges
This week, we are sharing an episode from our Peabody-nominated series, 70 Million. The newest season focuses on the ways that Immigration and Customs enforcement, or ICE, detention impacts those i…
Embracing the Latina Experience with ADHD Pt. 2
Being diagnosed with ADHD can feel like a complicated and isolating experience—but for Vanessa, her ADHD diagnosis as a 28-year-old Latina gave her much-needed clarity. Vanessa spent most of her life…
Embracing the Latina Experience with ADHD Pt. 1
Being diagnosed with ADHD can feel like a complicated and isolating experience—but for Vanessa, her ADHD diagnosis as a 28-year-old Latina gave her much-needed clarity. Vanessa spent most of her …
Meet the Latinas Who Are Reconnecting with Ancestral Medicine
Nearly 80% of Latino youth suffer childhood trauma, but many don’t start actively healing and acknowledging adverse childhood events until later in life – often when they start showing up as physical…
How Latinas Experience Anxiety, Depression, and Trauma
Nearly 21.4% of Hispanic and Latino adults report having a mental illness. In this episode, Juleyka Lantigua, the creator of our show, sits down for a roundtable discussion with two mental health pra…
Caring for Latina Mothers in Prison, Part 2
This is Part 2 of a special two-part episode of 100 Latina Birthdays. After serving 10+ years in prison, Destiny and Diana had to adjust to a new life outside of prison. From finding a new job, to re…
Caring for Latina Mothers, in Prison and Beyond, Part 1
The negative health impacts of incarceration on Latina mothers and their families are profound and long-lasting, even beyond a release from prison. Destiny and Diana were incarcerated during their tr…
What Does it Mean to Be a Healthy Community?
In Chicago, there are 77 community areas ranked by their social vulnerability index, a tool that helps explain how underlying health disparities can make some Latino neighborhoods more vulnerable in …
The Ups and Downs of Psilocybin Mushrooms as Mental Health Treatment
The popularity of "magic mushrooms" or psilocybin is on the rise. While its use has been decriminalized in very limited contexts in some states, it remains illegal in most of the U.S. Journalist Carm…
Learning to Live With Endo Pain, Part 2
This is Part 2 of a special two-part episode of 100 Latina Birthdays. If you haven’t listened to Part 1, we suggest you do that first. Mariela "Ella" Vazquez had a hysterectomy at age 11, after being…
Learning to Live With Endo Pain, Part 1
This season we’re documenting the health, wellness and lifetime outcomes of Latinas between the ages of 20 and 40. 29-year-old Mariela "Ella" Vazquez was diagnosed with endometriosis at an unusually …
Finding Community at a Predominantly White University
Celiana Lopez, Gisselle Cambron, and Yami Rodriguez are three students at Loyola University Chicago. Attending a predominantly white institution, or PWI, has presented challenges to all three girls, …
Making Space for Queer Identity Through Art
Art has always been an important way for 20 year-old Kaelah Serrano to explore and express her queer identity. Born and raised on Chicago’s southwest side, Kaelah found an artistic home in Yollocalli…
What Happens When We Adultify Our Children
Dariana Urbina is just 17 years old, but she is responsible for far more than the average teenager. She takes care of her three younger siblings—budgeting, cooking and cleaning, and doing paperwork a…
Fighting For Safe Outdoor Play in Little Village
Nine year-old Rosalia Gonzalez and her teammates love playing flag football through Beyond the Ball Girls, a Little Village organization that teaches children life skills through sports. Safe outdoor…
How to Support Kids Going Through Early Puberty
Andrea Luna Oviedo got her period for the first time in fourth grade, a year before her school district typically began puberty education for its students. She was able to tackle this new phase of he…
Reframing Healthy Food and Healthy Bodies
For Latina parents like Melissa Huerta in Berwyn, IL, providing her children with food that reflects her Mexican upbringing is a priority. But this objective is complicated by the relative convenienc…