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Happy birthday, Cardi B!

Belcalis Almanzar[1] (born October 11, 1992), professionally known as Cardi B (often stylized as CΛRDI B), is an American hip hop recording artist, as well as a television and social media personality. Born and raised in the Bronx borough of New York City, she first embarked in a career as an exotic dancer and began to receive public attention as she built a large Internet following; coupled with her "no filter attitude",[2][3] she became an Internet celebrity through Instagram.[4][5] In 2015, she became a regular cast member of the VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop: New York. In February 2017, she signed her first major label record deal with Atlantic Records. Her debut single for Atlantic, titled "Bodak Yellow", reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart,[6] with the New York Times calling it "the rap anthem of the summer".[7]

Almanzar was born on October 11, 1992, to a Trinidadian mother and Dominican father.[8] She was raised in the Highbridge neighborhood located in the South Bronx section of New York City.[9][10][11][12] Growing up she spent a lot of time at her grandmother's place in Washington Heights, Manhattan, to which she credits why she has "such a thick accent".[13] It's also a place she frequently returns to as, she told The Fader, “I live in a beautiful condo, it’s very big, it’s very beautiful, but it’s so empty and boring. My grandma’s house is very, very tiny but it’s just a certain happiness there.... It’s crazy ‘cause it seem like a lot of people in my grandma’s house, they have financial problems but they still happy as fuck.”[5] As a youth, Cardi B was a member of the Bloods street gang, claiming to have been a gangbanger since the age of 16.[14][15] She went on to attend Renaissance High School For Musical Theater & Technology, a small specialty school collocated on the Herbert H. Lehman campus.[16][17] 

The Stigma, Identity, and Intersectionality Research Team at Teachers College, Columbia University is conducting a study focused on the strengths of Latinas/os and the barriers they face in obtaining psychological well-being in the United States.

  Participation in the study involves completing a 20-40 minute survey, either online or in hard copy. In order to participate, you must:

  Identify as Hispanic or Latina/o

Be over 18 years old

Live in the United States.

  If you would like to participate, please follow this link: http://bit.ly/latinowellbeing