Amidst the twirls, drama and intricate footwork of salsa, dancers take center stage. Latin jazz musician Johnny Blas will tell you that your focus needs to be elsewhere, though.

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From the outside, the restaurant didn’t look like anything special-- potentially an old office building. Inside, the loungy ambiance was simplistic. White walls and wooden floors brought about an open and clean feeling when walking into FDM Mexican Cuisine, 3809 N. Lincoln, Chicago.

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Matt Reyes, 24-year-old founder of Twitteros.net discusses the need for digital influence, creating communities online and serving Latinos. With projects like the Department of Influence and Twitteros, the Austin, Texas native hopes to bring Latinos and others to the forefront of online content creation.

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Coming out of the closet is never easy, and the Latino thing is an extra hurdle to jump.

For Marcos Enzaro, 22, being gay was something he knew by the age of 13, when he realized he was checking out the boys more than the girls. Yet within his family, it was expected for him to “be a man”: to have a girlfriend by a certain age and to play sports. He didn’t mind the sports, but dating girls was something he did to please his father.

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