Articles by Cynthia Cruz

A writer’s personal account of breaking a cycle of violence attached to love, of finding the inner strength to alter the course of her life and the coming story her own daughter will live and tell. One in three women in the United States have been victims of intimate violence in the United States, this number is approximately the same across race and ethnic groups, according to the National Latin@ Network! The number is also likely under reported.

With the entire Bay Area facing a housing crisis, more and more people like writer Cynthia Cruz are struggling to find a place to call home. Cruz is a mother, just received her masters degree and has a full time job. The only thing she has found in her search for a home in the very place where she grew up is a degrading and dehumanizing experience.

Movimiento de Acción, Inspirando Servicio (movement of action, inspiring service) also known as, MAIZ, has been organizing their annual Frida Kahlo fundraiser in honor of the great Mexican artist held in San Jose for years. Community organizer and writer, Cynthia Cruz writes about her first experience at the powerful event and how it brought her "home" as a young, queer Chicana.