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Raquel Reichard

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Covers:  Latinx culture, body politics, Puerto Rican social struggles, Latina feminism, wellness, Latinx music and more
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Raquel Reichard’s Biography

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Raquel Reichard is an award-winning journalist, editor and producer with an editorial objective to engage, educate and empower. With nearly 10 years of journalism experience, she has centered her reporting on body politics, Latinx culture, wellness and social struggles. A leading voice in Latinx media, she has interviewed local change-makers and global superstars, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Dolores Huerta, Rita Moreno, America Ferrera, Eva Longoria, Bad Bunny and Cardi B, to name a few…

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I Grew Up Watching Romance Movies Set In Ireland. Then I Found My Own Love Story There

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After a horse-and-carriage ride through Killarney National Park, an enchanted emerald forest in southwestern Ireland , I walked through the old countryside town, my fingers brushing against stone walls as I tried to imagine a history hundreds of years old, mist from a sympathetic raincloud dampening my skin.
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Iris Chacón Helped Me (& Generations of Women) Challenge Colonial Ideas About Power, Freedom, & Beauty

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I’ve always been fascinated by showgirls, often exploring the history of Latin American and Caribbean vedettes and their cultural influence throughout my journalism career. I think it’s because, from as early as I can remember, they made me rethink so much of what I had been taught about beauty and freedom.
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Mexico's AORA Is the First Fully Plastic-Free Brand to Launch at Sephora

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When Nour Tayara and Rodrigo Peñafiel began pitching the idea for AORA, a luxury color cosmetics brand that's entirely plastic-free, the co-founders were met with skepticism. They were told consumers wouldn't buy it and retailers wouldn't take the risk. “We were told sustainability was too niche,” Tayara tells Refinery29 Somos. But those doubts only motivated them even more. “Every ‘no' reinforced that we weren't solving a small problem.
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Awards

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2012
View Award

Planned Parenthood's Excellence in Media Award

2016

Juvenile Law Center Award

2018