Hispanic Heritage Month

The event kicked off Saturday at noon and was Emcee’d by NBC 6 anchor Roxanne Vargas with performances by Latin Grammy nominee Ale Mor and others.

The town of Opa-Locka hosted its first annual Conga Loca Hispanic Street Festival Saturday at the Opa-Locka City Hall on 780 Fisherman Street. NBC 6 anchor Roxanne Vargas was on hand as the Emcee and Commissioner John H. Taylor, Jr. as the host of the event. Conga Loca featured performances by 2021 Latin Grammy Award nominee Ale Mor, Adolescentes Orchestra,…

It may not be Taco Tuesday but who says you can’t enjoy tacos on other days? Alex Martinez, executive chef at Cafe Americano in Miami Beach shows us how to make some of the tacos they have at the restaurant.

Opa-Locka will host its first annual Conga-Loca Hispanic Street Festival this weekend. Meet one of the bands who will be performing. NBC 6’s Roxanne Vargas will host the event.

In this roundtable discussion during Hispanic Heritage Month, NBCLX journalists discuss what it means to be Hispanic – and how wide and diverse a group of people that term covers. “There’s more to us than what somebody out there has a picture of in their head,” says our editor Jacky.

People who speak Spanish or have family ties to Spanish-speaking regions may choose to identify as Hispanic, Latino, or Latinx. So what does each term mean? In this LXplanation, we break it down.

Miguel Hernandez has been a trailblazer for Hispanics in the field of nursing. NBC 6’s Amanda Plasencia has his story.

Miguel Hernandez has always had a passion for helping others and has been a trailblazer for Hispanics in the field of nursing.

NBC 6 is celebrating fierce Latinas like Lucy Lopez for Hispanic Heritage Month.

As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, Lucy Lopez stopped by to chat with NBC 6’s Johanna Gomez about Latinx folks making a difference.

Anais Grullon shares some of her favorite local Latinx shops and stores you can support during Hispanic Heritage Month

She was a local pioneer in uniform in a career of firsts. “I was the first Hispanic female Sargent, first Hispanic female lieutenant, first Hispanic female captain, first Hispanic female major,” said retired Maj. Grace O’Donnell. When O’Donnell was hired by the department in 1974, her bosses could not find another police department in the United States with a...

NBC 6’s Julia Bagg spoke with the woman who broke barriers for hundreds of future female officers just like her as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

The Latina pay gap is real – Latinas earn, on average, 55 cents for every dollar earned by non-Hispanic white men. During Hispanic Heritage Month (and 1 month ahead of Latina Equal Pay Day), LX News host Ashley Holt spoke with 3 women who had to learn a lot about money on their own – they shared their stories and...

It’s been more than two months since hundreds of Cubans took to the streets on the island demanding freedom. NBC 6’s Laura Rodriguez takes a look back at what sparked the protests and the major role youth played in the movement. 

It has been more than two months since hundreds of Cubans took to the streets on the island demanding freedom. Empowered by the internet and fueled by a strong desire to bring 62 years of dictatorship to an end, they put fear aside on July 11 and took to the streets. It was the largest anti-government demonstration in decades. The…

Jorge Lacera and Mariana Llanos had trouble finding children’s books that reflected their lives. Many of the books catered to a Hispanic or Latino child reader contained themes of poverty and immigration. “I love Star Wars, I love comic books, and I love fantasy books. It felt very alienating. I sometimes felt I was not necessarily part of the culture,”...

Hispanic Heritage Month is often peppered with debates around what terms Latinos should use to identify themselves.

Call it “Taco-Gate.” There’s a controversy in Broward County after the government’s official social media accounts posted an image of a dancing taco to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, something that critics are calling insensitive and not representative of the county’s Hispanic community. “It’s surprising that it happened in a county that has so many Latinos,” said Evelyn Perez-Verdia, a...

Call it “Taco-gate.” It’s a controversy in Broward County after the government’s official social media accounts posted an image of a dancing taco to celebrate Hispanic heritage month, something that critics are calling insensitive and not representative of the county’s Hispanic community.