Hearst Magazines and Oprah Daily are launching a new series focusing on
grandmothers tied to Hispanic Heritage Month. It launches today, September 28.
The series, presented
in partnership with Lexus, is titled “Project Tell Me: From Our Abuelas.” Designed to preserve generations of wisdom within the Hispanic and Latinx communities, it features over 30 new
stories across 12 Hearst Magazines brands, including ELLE, ELLE DECOR, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper's Bazaar, House
Beautiful, Men's Health, Oprah Daily, Road & Track, Runner's World, Veranda and Women's Health.
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“I’ve always admired how in Hispanic and
Latinx culture, abuelas, or grandmothers, and abuela-type figures are intentional about their role as the keepers of tradition and the helping hands to a brighter future,” Winfrey says in a
video introduction.
The new stories include:
- Oprah Daily editor-at-large Gayle King interviewed Charise Castro Smith, the director of Encanto’s writer and
director the first Latina, and the second woman, to direct a Disney feature.
- For Esquire, actor Benjamin Bratt talks about what the matriarchs of his family taught him about faith and being a parent.
- Harper’s Bazaar shares a conversation with Carolina Adriana Herrera, daughter of Venezuelan-born designer Carolina Herrera, about their family life and what Herrera is like as a grandmother.
- Oprah Daily interviews
Lin-Manuel’s mother. Dr. Luz Towns-Miranda, on her years of mental health service to her community.
Winfrey invites readers to “jump into this celebration of abuelas–dynamic women whose love, wisdom, acceptance, and strength are powering their families, their
communities, and all of us.”