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Author Archives: Serena Maria Daniels

Serena Maria Daniels is the co-founder and head Chingona of TOSTADA MAGAZINE. She is an award-winning journalist based in Detroit and specializes in the intersection of food, identity, and culture. FIND HER ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM @SERENAMARIA36
Posted inDeep Dives, Filling Our Plates, Solutions

With no stove, no car, no money for rent, a single mom found a neighborhood lifeline

by Serena Maria Daniels

It’s been more than two months since Maria Estrada has been able to prepare a home-cooked meal for her six children. The stove in her two-bedroom flat in Southwest Detroit doesn’t work, so she usually relies on cold cuts or heats up frozen meals in the microwave, buying provisions at a nearby corner store. Even […]