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    POR MIS HERMANAS

    Mar 12, 2019 4 minutes
    —RAQUEL WILLIS

    WHEN LESLY HERRERA CASTILLO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THREE FORMS of cancer—brain, colon, and lymphoma—in 2014, she needed a work structure that would afford her more flexibility and support to continue her cosmetology career. She began discussing options with her friends, Joselyn Mendoza and Daniel Puerto, which would lead the trio to revisit a project they had dreamt about for years: Mirror Trans Beauty Co-op, a worker cooperative for trans Latina cosmetologists. “It was hard for me with no hair and my health being low,” Castillo says. “We started planning and it was slow, but every step was precise.”

    This wasn’t the first time Castillo had to make a tough decision about her career. Back in her hometown of Hermosillo, Mexico in 1992, Castillo found

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