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Historia Viva: To My Friend Santitos
As Women’s History Month comes to a close, I don’t find myself reaching for names in textbooks or distant figures cast in bronze. My thoughts stay here, rooted in Starr County, with someone who is still very much writing her place in history—one page at a time. This is for Maria Santos Salinas, Santitos, because what she represents is not just memory. It is Historia Viva. I’ll be honest, I come to this with bias. The kind that only exists when love and time have been woven to
JFlores Alvarez
Mar 304 min read
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