Chicana
noun
Chi·ca·na
chi-ˈkä-nə 
also shi-
: an American woman or girl of Mexican descent
Chicana
adjective
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Vanessa Wachtmeister is a proud Chicana from Los Angeles, California.
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Vanessa Wachtmeister, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
Longoria returned to school, receiving a master's degree in Chicano and Chicana Studies from California State University of Northridge (CSUN) in 2013 — all while filming Desperate Housewives.
—Maria Yagoda, People.com, 21 June 2025
Like Teotihuacán and Café Tacvba, her exhibition looks into formative images and experiences from the past, glimpsed through a Chicana lens.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
The film centers on María (Gomez), a closeted twenty-something Chicana who—against the wishes of her workaholic mother, Celestina (Perroni)—sets out to fulfill her grandmother’s dying wish: to return to the rural Mexican village where she was born before Alzheimer’s erases her memories for good.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
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Vanessa Wachtmeister, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
Longoria returned to school, receiving a master's degree in Chicano and Chicana Studies from California State University of Northridge (CSUN) in 2013 — all while filming Desperate Housewives.
—Maria Yagoda, People.com, 21 June 2025
Like Teotihuacán and Café Tacvba, her exhibition looks into formative images and experiences from the past, glimpsed through a Chicana lens.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
The film centers on María (Gomez), a closeted twenty-something Chicana who—against the wishes of her workaholic mother, Celestina (Perroni)—sets out to fulfill her grandmother’s dying wish: to return to the rural Mexican village where she was born before Alzheimer’s erases her memories for good.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Chicana.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Chicana. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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