Michelle Regalado

I'm a Staff Writer at MamásLatinas. I am a native New Yorker who graduated from NYU as a Journalism and English major in 2011. Throughout my undergrad career, I contributed regularly to NYU's paper, Washington Square News, and held internships at the Long Island Press, amNewYork, The New York Times Local: East Village, and Seventeen Magazine. A self-professed literature nerd and news junkie, I love to relax by reading magazines, newspapers, and books while sipping iced caramel macchiatos. I am addicted to shoes, coffee, yoga and all things John Hughes.

I know I'm Latina when...

I could literally eat beans with or for every meal, with no problem whatsoever.

Michelle's Latest Posts

Skinny women-only speed dating is a real thing & it's unbelievably offensive

Speed-dating in general is not my kind of thing, but I never found the concept downright offensive ... that is, until I heard that there are companies that hold skinny women-only speed-dating events that actually require females to be under a certain size to participate.

Can you believe that?! Talk about obnoxious.

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10 of the most hilarious test answers ever (PHOTOS)

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Everyone already knows that kids say the darndest things, but it turns out they are even funnier in writing--test writing, to be exact. Apparently when it comes to writing in answers on their exams, students like to make their sense of humor know. Enter the round-up below, which chronicles 10 of the most hilarious test answers we've EVER seen. Check it out below and enjoy!

 

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6 Common dreams and their true meanings according to Latino superstitions (PHOTOS)

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I've always thought dreams can hold real meaning ... and according to a new study, they do! New research investigating the predictive value of dreams has found that having nightmares about a partner cheating could actually indicate the relationship is headed for trouble.

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Amazing dad helps trap men who solicited his teen daughters for sex (VIDEO)

In a scene straight out of a movie, a Utah dad helped trap two men who tried to solicit his teen daughters for sex.

Police say two unidentified sisters, ages 14 and 16, were walking through a Macey's grocery store parking lot on Wednesday when 27-year-old Alexander Navidad-Hernandez and 36-year-old Javier Santos-Jacobo approached them asking if they wanted any money. Navidad-Hernandez handed the girls a five-dollar bill with a phone number scribbled across it and told them to call if they wanted more.

Ugh, gross! It's beyond disturbing to know that there are grown men out who will treat such young girls like that.

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Victor Cruz's biggest influences are four amazing women

Puerto Rican football star Victor Cruz has a message to all the parents out there: Get your kids out of the house! At a recent event supporting the Victor Cruz Foundation, the 26-year-old athlete credited his mom for getting him involved in sports at a young age and urged other families to do the same.

I chatted with Cruz, who was hosting an early screening of the upcoming animated film Epic for the children involved with his foundation, about the one surefire way to get your kids off the couch, his future plans for motivating his daughter Kennedy, and how he celebrated Mother's Day with the woman who put him on the path to success.

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