Cultural Quote by Tanya Saracho

“When you get a bunch of Latinxs together, we get to handle our stories. A cultural shorthand happens.”

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No one guided me through it, but here is how it happened: I was in New York doing a play, and an agent got…

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I had never heard this term before - gente-fication - which is also happening in Portland, Houston; it's happening in a lot of cities.…

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I just wanted to put together the best Latinx writers. I didn't care about the level.They have a passion for 'Vida' in a different…

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I was obsessed with everything about 'Outlander' - the stories, the way it looked. I thought, 'You know what? I'm going to go to…

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When I got to 'Looking,' I didn't know that you could write stuff and they would put it on TV. That was that experience.…

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In TV, you're a 'writer for hire.' That means you're trying to guess what your boss wants and delivering that story. There's a lot…

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I don't think that 'Vida' is just for Latinos. I don't think 'One Day at a Time''s just for Latinos.

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I dress up cute sometimes to go to work, but TV writers don't! They just go however.

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I feel like a lot of us have a story to tell, it's just that we don't get the platform or the access or…

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Raul Castillo was my first high school boyfriend.

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I hope to see more Latino stories on television - not just on a personal level, but for us in the industry. We shouldn't…

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I want to stay in Chicago.

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