01/14/2019
“Ay, no hay que llorar, que la vida es una carnival!”- Celia Cruz 🎉 “Ay, there is no need to cry, for life is a carnival! “ - Celia Cruz 👸🏽🎤 I wish spanish translated to English better, because there is no way you can say this quote with out singing and shaking your hips! One of my new year goals is to better my water color lettering, so I’m super excited to announce that every Monday from here on out, I’ll be posting a fun, empowering quote from a woman of color for ! I thought I’d kick it off with the queen of salsa Celia Cruz! She’s an Afro Latina Cuban trail blazer who fought the beauty standards of the music industry with her strong, raw and powerful voice! Celia was and still is just strait fire and had a personality louder than life itself. She fought through many racial boundaries and became La Reina De Salsa when she arrived to the US. If your ever needing a pick me up and some body positivity just blast “ Le Negra Tiene Tumbao”. I promise you it’s impossible not to dance to this song! 💃🏾💃🏻💃🏼 As a Latina and the owner of I’m so excited to be able to spread my love for art and all the trail balazig women who’ve inspired me to create! Listening to Celia reminds me of all the Saturday mornings I would spend dancing in the kitchen with my mom while I would color as a little girl. She just brought so much life into my childhood! ♥️♥️ If there is a quote you’d like me to feature let me know! 🥰