curandera
Americannoun
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curanderas
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Use the form below to tell us about a time that a curandera or a traditional healer from another cultural tradition has helped you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
As the war escalates, a passionate relationship grows between Ximena, a talented Mexican curandera, and Riley, an Irish immigrant leading the battalion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
Tonita Gonzales, an internationally known curandera based in Albuquerque, called the promotion an “outrage and an appropriation” of Mexican American culture.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2019
When Bri Luna started her website, the Hoodwitch, she intended to carry on the legacy of her grandmother, who was a curandera: a traditional spiritual healer from Mexico.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2015
Dona Maria was known in Tent City as la curandera because she had a gift for curing people using different herbs and chants.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
April Mayes: “We need more professional, trained, educated people now we're going to call doctors instead of the curanderas and the curanderos.”
From Scientific American ● Sep. 28, 2023
The Times is exploring how curanderas help Southern Californians with their mental health, and we’d like to hear from you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
One reason curanderas are popular is that they charge less than doctors.
From Time Magazine Archive
“You come from a long line of curanderas, healers of the people. Your Abuelita Remedies has been using her gift all her life. When the time comes, you’ll know exactly what to do with this.”
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
We had tried for nearly three years, visiting doctors and curanderas.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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