JuliaBetancourt

Julia Luz Betancourt is a Puerto Rican writer, journalist, author and poet. She enjoys writing about power, identity and human connection.

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When Home is Everywhere

Lifestyle & Identity, Published March 21, 2023

For this first generation photographer and artist, death, time and borders are illusions. Family communicates through them all.

'We're taught that our Gen Z dream is too big, but it’s not’: Young Latinx Women Talk Politics

News & Politics, Published February 22, 2023

WHEN SHAELEIGH SEVERINO, a 23-year-old Dominican woman and former City Council candidate, suspended her campaign for...

The Mexican-American border, with some construction still ongoing on the American side.

The Border: America's Favorite Folklore

News & Politics, Published October 25, 2022

The U.S. was built out of racial-colonial violence, and this violence inspired the formation of the nation’s borders, immigration policy, and treatment of migrants today.