translated from Spanish: Yalitza Aparicio inspires Tlaxiaco

Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca.-the Mexican Yalitza Aparicio inspires the place that saw her grow. On a site that is patrolled by the army and whose Mayor was killed a few weeks ago, the history of Aparicio, first indigenous Mexican nominated for an Oscar, has become a beacon that encourages thinking about better futures.

Yalitza Aparicio was born in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca. Photo: Pride of the town, Aparicio AFP has its still home on the outskirts, in the field of aviation, the second area with greater social backwardness of the Municipio.pequena’s blade, wood and cement, the building is home to five people: Antonio and Margarita, his parents, and Edith, Jesse and Pierre, his brothers.
“I have that hope’s Excel, perhaps not in the same industry that she. You think you’re not lost, you have chances,”, said Efraín Santiago, one of his friends.

Tlaxiaco is located in the mixteca alta, two hours and a half of the Oaxacan capital.” What happens with Yalitza is a way of speaking well of Tlaxiaco. Children, girls, are motivated. They come asking for acting classes. They say that they want to have the opportunity that had Yalitza”, explains Miguel Ángel Martínez, in charge of the House of Cultura.Aparicio, protagonist of”Rome”, it competes for the Oscar best actress with figures like Lady Gaga, Olivia Colman, Glenn Close and Melissa McCarthy.

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