Archive for the ‘ Hispanic/Latino ’ Category

Latinas Redefining Success: The Virtual You

Have you seen blogs, tweets or facebook photos, videos, status updates that: make your eyebrows perk up because they’re so inappropriate, disgusting or mind-boggling put way too much personal business out there scream vengeance are so provocative you double-check to make sure you’re on the right website show just how immature, unprofessional or irrational people [ READ MORE ]

I’m addicted…

Latinas Leading Tomorrow (LLT) is an organization designed to promote positive Latina identity and  empowerment through leadership skills. LLT helps Arlington County teens recognize their own leadership capacities and their potential impact on the Latino community and beyond. I was recently accepted as an Advisory Board Member of LLT and tonight I had the pleasure [ READ MORE ]

A Peruvian Legend

At today’s mass I learned about El Señor de los Milagros, the most venerated religious image in Lima, Perú.  In Perú, October is known as el mes morado, in which the color purple is worn by those who faithfully follow the processions of El Señor de los Milagros. I found a pretty credible website from [ READ MORE ]

Chasing the Dream

“She had many hopes and dreams coming to the United States and some of them were shattered.” Marta is a refugee who came to the U.S. with her mother.  She ended up suing her own mother for negligence, abuse, and abandonment and was allowed to stay in the U.S.  I saw her say, “I just [ READ MORE ]

Meeting the Garcías

García is one of the 10 most common last names in the U.S. Why? Latinos continue to grow in the U.S. and are currently the largest minority and soon to be the majority around 2030.  That means we have about 20 years to keep up with this booming population.  How do we understand them? How [ READ MORE ]

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