Aldama creates complex Latinx representation for kids in The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie
Distinguished University Professor Frederick Aldama’s abuela used to tell him stories when he was a child about how the chupacabra would get their chickens in the night. The chupacabra was a scary, hairless, fanged creature — “almost like one of those hairless cats, but bigger,” Aldama said — lurking in the dark and ready to jump out at unsuspecting children.
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