{"id":18,"date":"2016-10-10T23:35:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T23:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.softheartedmisanthrope.com\/blog\/?p=18"},"modified":"2016-10-10T23:35:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T23:35:45","slug":"mestizo-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softheartedmisanthrope.com\/blog\/index.php\/2016\/10\/10\/mestizo-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"Mestizo Futures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tMy daughters and I attended an inspiring Hispanic Heritage Month presentation at our local library on Saturday. \u00a0The presenters were two local creative activists &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MuseInMedicine\/\">Eutimia Cruz Montoya<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.molinaspeaks.com\/\">Adrian Molina, a.k.a. 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