It wasn’t until I moved to Los Angeles and saw people from all over Mexico honoring their dead that I built my first Día de Muertos altar 13 years ago. Now, it is an annual rite I practice every Nov.

This is a guest post by Yvonne Condes, originally published in 2017. When my boys were in elementary school, I visited their classrooms every year and talked about Día de Los Muertos to celebrate our ...

The famous Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos, also known as the Day of the Dead, is a celebration and honoring of departed loved ones. You’ll find traditional foods and parades but the focal point of ...

Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, is a time for the dearly departed to come back home and visit loved ones spiritually. It is also a time for the dead to feast on their favorite foods, drink ...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to learn to draw. And for as long I can remember, I’ve been failing to learn to draw. I just couldn’t get the hang of it; every time I put pencil to paper, ...