With the rise of urban development and displacement, often labeled as gentrification, in Long Beach, this “WE ARE SEEDS” workshop allowed community members to reconnect with their indigenous roots through storytelling and horticulture.
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Xochitl is a first-generation Mexican-American, a Xicana, who believes that the radical thought of a woman choosing a career over having children should not be stigmatized. She flourished from the womb of a single hardworking guerrera Mexicana who worked her hands to the bone for her daughters. For Xochitl, journalism is both a passion and powerful responsibility to inform society.
