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How a Social enterprise in a Favela paved the way for youths to reach the Olympics

It takes a village to raise a child (and an Olympian). Favelas are no exception to the testament of community will, personal perseverance…

8 min readAug 16, 2016

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How a Social enterprise in a Favela paved the way for youths to reach the Olympics

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Michelle Estefanía

Learn this one Brazilian Portuguese word to understand a glimpse of Afro-Brazil

This Brazilian Portuguese word in English means “running your fingers through the hair of someone you love.” The word cafuné, is a peculiar…

4 min readAug 3, 2016

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Learn this one Brazilian Portuguese word to understand a glimpse of Afro-Brazil

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hashtags won’t save us, cameras wont protect us, laws won’t defend us when…4.8%

Why is it we only have 4.8% of Lawyers in the U.S that are Black? We need to delve deep into questions of inequality of this country…

5 min readJul 8, 2016

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Michelle Estefanía

I Too Am An American

I found out what it meant to be American not in the U.S but from remigrating back to my place of birth and living in South America. This…

7 min readJul 3, 2016

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Michelle Estefanía

Guns, Minority LGBTQ Community Space, and Hate Crimes in the U.S:

By: Michelle Estefania Cruz @funkysudaka

4 min readJun 12, 2016

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To those “gurlfrens”, “comadres” and to the ones you text “ Mujerrrrr”: female friendships are key…

This is a testament to the human bond that weaves together our histories, our ambitions, our insecurities, our struggles, our missions, all…

8 min readJun 7, 2016

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To those “gurlfrens”, “comadres” and to the ones you text “ Mujerrrrr”: female friendships are key…

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Michelle Estefanía

Telenovela? Nope, just Brazilian Politics

Watching a Telenovela with surprise twists and turns. who will be president the next day? What ministries will be gone next week? This is…

2 min readMay 13, 2016

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Telenovela? Nope, just Brazilian Politics

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Michelle Estefanía

My-so-called-Brazilian-Life

The ups-and-downs and just plainly the strange things that happen when you live in Brazil.

2 min readMay 13, 2016

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Easter, the Zombie Story.

Easter is a celebration of the death and resurrection of a man named Jesus. He was murdered and on the third day came back to life.Outside…

1 min readMar 27, 2016

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Easter, the Zombie Story.

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Michelle Estefanía

Michelle Estefanía

Telling stories of journeys on and off the road in the Americas- South and North. CM@bevisiblelatinx. Blogging@funkysudaka. I think in two hemispheres.

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