Latino Americans

The owner of Club Viva shares his journey from Colombia to St. Louis, how he came to own the Latin dance nightclub, and its significance in the community.

Hispanic Heritage Month has been celebrated in the United States since 1988.

In 2022, STLPR launched a new season of its We Live Here podcast, a series exploring stories about race and class in our region, by partnering with We Live Here, Auténtico!, a podcast created by Latinx professionals.

Han pasado catorce años desde que el estado ha tenido una comisión funcional por el gobernador asignada para abordar los problemas que enfrentan los hispanos y latinos de Missouri. También desde entonces, esa población ha visto un aumento de más del cuarenta por ciento.

As Hispanic Heritage Month wraps up, smaller towns throughout the state with their own celebrations said they’re looking forward more support outside their community to keep the festivals going for years to come.

Latinx Arts Network y EncoreSTL están planeando una producción teatral de narración el próximo año con las historias recopiladas.

Minerva Lopez Montaigne ayudó a hacer de Cherokee Street un distrito comercial latino.

Mientras algunos grupos en St. Louis están disminuyendo en población según el último censo, la comunidad latina está creciendo exponencialmente. “El Arch ahora se ha convertido en un símbolo de hogar para mí,” dijo una residente latina que se mudó a St. Louis en la última década.

“Caracas is a place I was born and raised, and it is my first home. St. Louis is my second one. The Arch now has become a symbol for home to me,” said one Latina resident who moved to St. Louis in the past decade.

STL Juntos helped drive up COVID-19 vaccination rates in Missouri’s Hispanic and Latino community. Two members discuss how the volunteer-based organization jumped to serve St. Louis’ Spanish-speaking community on "St. Louis on the Air."