The book “ Tías and Primas” translates to aunts and cousins. The book covers the importance of role models from women in the family. The author Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez is Nicaragüense and comes from a big family. Rodriguez uses her childhood stories as examples to talk about the women she grew up with. 

“I hope my readers feel seen and represented,” Rodriguez said. 

Each chapter from Rodriguez’s book talks about a specific type of aunt or cousin. It gives specific nicknames for them in each chapter, such as the divorced tía to the street-smart prima. Including twenty chapters that share childhood stories that her readers can relate to, the book touches on subjects like culture, identity, and life experiences. 

“I hope young Latinas feel inspired to rebel. I think rebellion is framed as a bad thing, but sometimes it can be exactly what some of us need to do,”  Rodriguez said.

Although the book talks about Rodriguez honoring the women in her family, she also opens up about her own challenges throughout her childhood. This includes events like facing toxic cultural norms. For example, certain family members have tried projecting insecurities onto her at a young age about her physical appearance. However, she learns how to overcome that as she gets older by embracing who she is. As well as relating to the challenges the women in her family have faced as she gets older, like the pressure of getting married before a certain age, but this results in wanting to break the cycle. 

“I want to push us women to see ourselves outside of what we have been told and become who we want and need to become,” Rodriguez said. 

Ultimately, the book “Tías and Primas” translates to aunts and cousins and has been a book that a lot of Rodriguez readers have been able to relate to. As Rodriguez talks about childhood memories and the women she grew up with. This book is a perfect read for Women’s History Month.