On Wednesday, October 18, the Newport Beach Film Festival’s (NBFF) annual Mexican Spotlight event will take place at Triangle Starlight Cinemas in Costa Mesa. Beginning at 7 p.m., along with a red carpet, afterparty, dance performances, live music and a hosted bar, the central focus of the night is the screening of Radical (2023), starring Eugenio Derbez, and an exclusive Q&A with those behind the film, which is all completely open to everyone who purchases tickets. Along with the festivities the Mexican Spotlight holds for its guests, the centerpiece of the event is the screening of the Mexican drama Radical (2023), starring Mexican actor and comedian Eugenio Derbez, known for his roles in How to Be a Latin Lover (2017), Overboard (2018) and Instructions Not Included (2013), who will also be in attendance.
Leslie Priscilla. Credit: Photo by Karissa Raya
Latinx Parenting, both an online and in-person bilingual organization, is not only rooted in social justice and intergenerational healing, but in the rights and well-being of Latinx children, who, make up 26 percent of the nation’s total child population. To best serve Latinx families, Latinx Parenting offers a multitude of workshops and courses, such as Decolonized Nonviolent Parenting, Ending Chancla Culture and Healing the Madre Wound, for families and current and former Latinx children. CALÓ NEWS spent time with Leslie Priscilla, Latinx Parenting’s founder, to discuss her own Latinx childhood experience, the inner workings and offerings of the organization and additional resources.
Ending “Chancla Culture,” the oppressive strategies used in parenting against children to manipulate them, is one of Latinx Parenting’s priori…
Priscilla, a non-Black Xicana mother, with her three bicultural children, ages 10, five, and three and a half.
Priscilla, founder of Latinx Parenting, teaches organization participants through their multitude of workshops, courses, and professional trainings.
