Maria Hinojosa: Once I Was You
About the Event:
As the Emmy-award winning host of the long-running public media program Latino USA Maria Hinojosa has focused on uncovering Latinx stories that are often rendered invisible by mainstream media. Hinojosa’s new memoir Once I was You continues her reporting on two fronts: her own personal journey as an American immigrant and the larger political history of immigrant, women’s and civil rights. Hinojosa will be joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas (Dear America).
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- This program has Spanish subtitles available in addition to the English closed captions.
About the Book:
- The Chicago Humanities Festival is pleased to partner with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores, a not-for-profit bookstore whose mission is bookselling.
- When you purchase your copy of Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America from Seminary Co-op you are directly supporting independent bookselling in Chicago and a vital space for book browsing, discovery, and community.
Order your copy of Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America today!
[Event tile image description: The event image at the top left of the event page is a headshot of Maria Hinojosa. Hinojosa is looking directly at the camera, wearing a black top, a silver necklace, and silver earrings. Her brown hair is styled in shoulder length curls. The background of the photograph is solid black. Image credit: Kevin Abosch.]