Photo by Jordan Hernandez This is the first installment of our contributor project We Count: Latinx Portland in 2020. Subscribe to the Bridgeliner newsletter to follow this series. By Jordan Hernandez Candace Avalos identified as a Latina teenager when she walked into her first black church service with her dad’s family. By the time she … Continue reading Candace Avalos Now Embraces Her ‘Blacktina’ Identity — But It Wasn’t Always Easy