“Cepeda’s mix of New York’s hip-hop slang and Latino ghetto language with an extremely rich and sophisticated style has produced a rare piece of high-level American contemporary literature.”
Frank Moya Pons, author & foremost historian of Dominican and Caribbean history
DOC NYC 2020 | DOC NYC 2020 Facebook Live: A Conversation with Raquel Cepeda (2020)
Women and Hollywood | DOC NYC 2020 Women Directors: Meet Raquel Cepeda – “La Madrina: The [Savage] Life of Lorine Padilla” (2020)
The Hollywood Reporter | 'La Madrina: The Savage Life of Lorine Padilla': Film Review | DOC NYC 2020 (2020)
Moveable Fest | DOC NYC 2020 Review: A Born Leader Comes to the Fore in Raquel Cepeda’s “La Madrina: The [Savage] Life of Lorine Padilla” (2020)
The Daily Beast | The Ballad of ‘La Madrina’: A Once-Feared Gang Leader Cleaning Up New York City (2020)
Tribeca Film Festival | Tribeca Talks At Home: Race & the Industry - "Represent" (2020)
Buzzfeed | 13 Books To Read After You Watch Gentefied (2020)
Be Latina | Meet Raquel Cepeda: Journalist, Cultural Activist, Podcaster, Filmmaker, and Bird of Paradise Extraordinaire (2019)
The Grio | 7 Books By Afro-Latinas That Celebrate Black Womanhood (2018)
Remezcla | Latinas Have the Highest Suicide Rate Among Teens. This Documentary Wants to Change That (2018)
Hot97 | Street Soldiers TV: Women Breaking Barriers: Progress and Pushback (2018)
Latina Magazine | This Powerful Documentary Offers a Much-Needed Look Into Latina Identity, Depression and Self-Harm (2017)
Vibe Magazine | Filmmaker Raquel Cepeda Decolonizes The Minds Of Latina Youth In 'Some Girls' Documentary (2017)
Mitú | “Some Girls” Documentary Tackles Why Depression Is Prevalent Among Latinas (2017)
Her Agenda | ‘Some Girls’ Debuts, Magnifying Importance Of Identity And Origins For Latinx Youth (2017)
BuzzFeed | 43 Life-Changing Books You Need To Read (2016)
Huffington Post | 11 Memoirs And Autobiographies Written By Latinas Every Woman Should Read (2016)
Vibe Magazine | Interview: Raquel Cepeda On Identity, Race & Hip-Hop (2016)
Vela Mag | Emily Raboteau’s Seven Writers With Un Pie Aquí y Uno Allá (2016)
Fortune | Seven Podcasts About Race (2016)
92Y | We Are All Feminists Now: 92Y Talks Episode 106 (2016)
KQED Arts | Race, Identity and the (Digital) Airwaves: The Renaissance of POC-Hosted Podcasts (2016)
Allure | Allure x StyleLikeU: Mothers & Daughters (2016)
Huffington Post | 23 Books By Latinos That Might Just Change Your Life (2015)
Panoply | The Slate Group Announces Panoply, a Podcasting Network for Media Brands and Authors (2015)
Bustle | 9 Family History Memoirs That’ll Make You Want To Go Digging Into Your Own Past (2015)
The Guardian | The Show About Race: the podcast that gets real in not-so-post-racial America (2015)
The Cipher Show | Episode 127: Raquel Cepeda (2015)
The Source | 5 Books Fused with Hip-Hop By Women That You Must Read (2014)
NYU Journalism | Black Ethnics: Covering the New African Diaspora (2014)
C-SPAN | Race in America, About Race Live Conversation (2014)
Salon | "And It Don't Stop" edited by Raquel Cepeda (2014)
Latino Studies Journal | Book Review: Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina (2013)
Qué Pasa | Lecturas con un sabor latino (2013)
Ms. Magazine | The Sisterhood of Generation I (Adult Children of Immigrants) (2013)
NPR | Latino USA on NPR: The Science of “Latina” (2013)
Al Jazeera | Uncovering Latina suicides (2013)
Library Journal | Memoir Short Takes: Food, Drink, & DNA (2013)
Huffington Post | Remixing Science: Raquel Cepeda’s Bird of Paradise (2013)
MSNBC | New book: ‘Being Latino means being from everywhere’ (2013)
Booklist Review | Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina *STARRED Review (2013)
Feminist Texican Reads | Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina (2013)
Kirkus Reviews | Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina (2013)
ROOKIE Mag | The Sum of Us (2013)
NBC Latino | Summer Reading List & Book Review (2013)
Hazlitt | Becoming Latina: An Interview With Raquel Cepeda (2013)
Bitch Media | New Memoir “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina” Digs Into the DNA of Racial Identity (2013)
New York Daily News | Photo exhibit with artful focus on women writers (2011)
New York Times | Bloggers Discuss Race and the Census (2010)
ARTicles | Best Music Writing Doubleheader (2010)
New York Daily News | Maybe Kanye West can rhyme, but he sure can't reason (2009)
Listin Diario | En La Mira: Raquel Cepeda (2009)
LA Weekly | Pan African Film Festival: Homeless Rappers, Freedom Fighters (2008)
NPR | Independent Documentary Films in Focus (2008)
New York Times | The N-Word in Latino Hip-Hop (2008)
Diario Libre | Ejes temáticos del Festival de Cine Global (2008)
New York Daily News | Another facet of diamond trade (2007)
UNICEF | Hip-hop documentary brings home clear-cut truths about ‘blood diamonds’ (2007)
Satya | Where The Bling Comes From (2007)
PopMatters | Bling, Bling, Bia, Bia!: How Hip-Hop Can Survive Beyond Black History Month (2007)
New York Times | Hollywood’s Multifaceted Cause du Jour (2006)
MTV News | Kanye, Paul Wall Urge Rappers to ‘Bling Responsibly’ in Documentary (2006)
USA Today | Music, film open eyes to war in Sierra Leone (2006)
PAPER Mag | Beautiful People 2003: Raquel Cepeda (2003)
San Francisco Gate | Raquel Cepeda, Editor and Activist / Editor explores the maturing hip-hop nation (2002)