Archive - Field Notes: A CatraChicana Between Worlds

100% American: Honduran, born in Hollywood. Chicana hasta los huesos.

Ethnicity, religion, and searching for the sacred in the profane.

Jul 1 •

Sylvia Marina Martinez

March 2025

NATIVE VISION: Ode to the Spirit and Native Soul

by Walter Alfredo Martinez (1948-2006)

Mar 26 •

Sylvia Marina Martinez

February 2025

The emperor has no clothes (neither one of them)

Finding our calm in the storm by applying 12-step principles to political chaos

Feb 27 •

Sylvia Marina Martinez

Initiation by Fire: January 2025 from a Los Angeles native

First things first -- put on your oxygen mask

Feb 3 •

Sylvia Marina Martinez

December 2024

The pro-democracy coalition and mutual respect moving forward

Right-wing propagandists usurping of "woke"

Dec 21, 2024 •

Sylvia Marina Martinez

November 2024

Healing the Divide:

Reflections on Identity, Politics, and Belonging

Nov 27, 2024 •

Sylvia Marina Martinez

One Day At A Time

Let it begin with me

Nov 20, 2024 •

Sylvia Marina Martinez

Hope is a renewable resource

And we are strong and resilient

Nov 12, 2024 •

Sylvia Marina Martinez

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