Vogue
Sophia Kercher
Voices From Generation COVID

Published by Vogue: How does the class of 2020 feel about its future? What do their college plans look like when each day often looks so different from the day before? I spoke to several recent 2020 graduates in some areas in the U.S. that have been especially impacted by COVID-19 about their lives in quarantine, college plans, and hopes and dreams for our uncertain future. The women—all 18 years old—also shared their photos and journal entries from their own perspectives, because this change-charged generation is not one to be silenced.

Voices From Generation COVID
Music
Sophia Kercher
Taking Opera to the Tijuana Streets

Published by GOOD: Today, there are an estimated 12,000 Tijuananese from all over the city gathered to observe Italian opera with a side of tacos de mariscos. This is the 12th year of Opera en la Calle, Tijuana’s free Opera in the Street festival, held every year in one of the oldest, working class neighborhoods in Tijuana: Colonia Libertad. The hilly neighborhood is nestled alongside the border, its dense streets jam-packed with small houses, some boasting quaint gardens, some with protective spikes, and some sporting both…

Taking Opera to the Tijuana Streets

New York Times

Lowriding Culture Goes Global

Lowriding Culture Goes Global

Published by New York Times: In the Southern California lowrider scene, there are some clashes as to which country has adopted the Mexican-American culture with the most swag.

Some say that the lowriders in Tokyo have the West Coast style perfected. They hang with Nike Cortez track shoes and socks pulled to their knees as flawless Spanglish by Japanese rappers blasts from slick, curb-hugging Impalas. Others say the scene in São Paulo, Brazil, with its oversize Dodgers jerseys and tricked-out rides, is most true to lowriding’s Los Angeles roots.