Latinas + Latinas Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 24, 2009
Texas Secretary of State Esperanza “Hope” Andrade was the keynote speaker at The National Society of Hispanic MBAs’ 11th Annual Gala on Nov. 5.
Outstanding Hispanic: Carmen Baez – President of the Latin America Diversified Agency (DAS)
November 23, 2009
Interview with Rose Contreras, founder of Onda Books
New breast cancer screening guide will disproportionately hurt black and Hispanic women
Al Carlos sits down with Nancy De Los Santos, writer. Period.
November 21, 2009
Federal Highway Administration Names First Hispanic Woman to Lead Division – Irene Rico
Latina Leadership Lessons: Why Are Powerful Latinas Happy?
Susana Iglesias, writing from the streets – Mexico City native is winner of the first-ever Aura Estrada Prize, an international competition for young women writing literature in Spanish.
November 20, 2009
Interview with Children’s Author Lucia Gonzalez – Gonzalez’s latest children’s book, The Storyteller’s Candle, is dedicated to Pura Belpre
Anabel Hernández Joins Hughes Watters Askanase L.L.P. – Houston
Lourdes Duarte has been promoted to 5 pm weekday anchor at WGN-TV, the Tribune-owned CW affiliate in Chicago.
Johanna Guerra, Sr VP of Network News at Telemundo has left the company – Ramón Escobar, who last held the title of Sr VP of Network Entertainment at Telemundo, is back… as a full time consultant
Gloria Margarita, anchor at KMIR-6, the NBC affiliate in Palm Springs, leaves her job to become the executive director of the Reynaldo J. Carreon foundation.
Interview with Aurora Anaya-Cerda, owner of La Casa Azul Bookstore – NYC
Patricia Gracia: Crossing the Border Line of Tijuana, Mexico to the US American Dream
Ana Maria Perez Gonzalez, said to be the oldest woman in the world, died in Mexico this week. She was 119.
Part of a Cuban blogger’s essay that advocates lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba was read aloud at a House Foreign Affairs committee hearing. – Yoani Sánchez
Mi Hermanita: So Far and Yet So Near
November 19, 2009
Latina activist Lorraine Lee namesake of trail near Tucson – Saturday dedication to honor deceased officer in Chicanos por la Causa
Obama answers top Cuban blogger – Yoani Sanchez
Video: New Research Finds Latinas with Lactose Intolerance Manage By Avoiding Dairy
My Latino Book Review: Belinda Acosta’s “Drama, Damas and Ana Ruiz”
A legislator from El Paso has criticized proposed history and social studies standards for public schools as being unfair to Hispanics. – Rep. Norma Chavez raised the issue Wednesday in Austin before the State Board of Education.
November 18, 2009
Belleza Q&A: Rose-Marie Castano
Video report of Latina forced to give birth while in chains in Maricopa County, AZ courtesy of Sheriff Joe Arpaio (en Español)
A Woman’s Nation Spurred by LatinaTION
Alicia Villareal homenajea a mujeres en nuevo álbum
Latina Leadership Lessons: The Wicked Sister!
November 16, 2009
Polémica por reina con trasero grande en Miss Colombia – La candidata inicialmente fue obligada a renunciar porque sus pompis eran muy grandes, luego un juez ordenó reintegrarla
A Real Story About Latinos Doing Life – A review of “Confetti Girl” by Diana López
Interview with award-winning children’s author Lucia Gonzalez
Actress and humanitarian activist Eva Longoria Parker has been named Philanthropist of the Year by The Hollywood Reporter.
Keila Cosme, a native of Puerto Rico – The first Hispanic named to an Ohio appellate court
Interview with Sofía Quintero – A self-proclaimed “Ivy League homegirl,” a writer, activist, educator, speaker and comedienne, was born into a working-class Puerto Rican-Dominican family in the Bronx.
Sonia Sotomayor unwittingly adds celebrity touch to Supreme Court
Sotomayor Has Romantic ‘Friend With No Strings Attached’: Pal Tells Magazine
TELEMUNDO’S VERONICA CONTRERAS TO EMCEE THE LATINO TRENDSETTER AWARD GALA
November 13, 2009
LATINA Style Business Series Welcomes Texas State Representative Jessica Farrar as Luncheon Keynote Speaker
Telemundo announced that Pilar Lamadrid has been named Vice President of Specials.
‘Tamale Lawyer’ to dish out start-up tale at YWCA lunch – Nancy Andrade, founder of Mexifeast Foods Inc. in Chicago, quit her job as a lawyer to launch her tamale business after many co-workers requested her mom’s recipe.
HNBA Commends the Confirmation of Ignacia S. Moreno as the Assistant Attorney for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice
Juliet V. Garcia, the president of University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, has been named one of TIME Magazine’s Ten Best College Presidents of 2009
Longtime Rutgers Professor, Community Activist, Gay-Rights Pioneer Hilda Hidalgo Loses Cancer Fight
JCPenney Hires Patricia Romero to Lead Multicultural Marketing – Former Hyundai Exec Left Carmaker Amid Shrinking Ad Budget for Hispanic Market
The Importance of La Hermana in Our Lives
November 12, 2009
Meet Anjanette Delgado, author of The Heartbreak Pill
Her Honor: A Portrait of Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Dallas-Fort Worth programs helping Hispanic mothers find teaching moments
For Battered Latina Immigrants: Dwindling Resources, But Also Hope – This is the second report in a special two-part series on domestic violence in immigrant communities by Feet in Two Worlds reporters.
November 11, 2009
A new study of workers at 50 hotels in the United States found that women were 50% more likely to be injured than men, and that Hispanic women had an injury rate two-thirds higher than their white female counterparts.
University of Texas Research Study Needs Midlife Latinas
- needed to fill out an online survey on physical activity and ethnicity; Participants will be reimbursed
Two San Antonio sisters, just back from Iraq, become naturalized citizens – 23-year-old Blanca Estella, right, and 22-year-old Maria Isabel
Latina Mothers in America: Irene Cabrera
Latina Beauty » Alexa Rodulfo Needs Your Help
Literanista: “25 Books Every Latina Should Read” Challenge
Sotomayor Poses in Court for Latina Magazine Cover
Utilísima Arrives in the United States: A New TV Programming Option for the Hispanic Woman
November 10, 2009
Women play a bigger role in Mexico’s drug war – Addiction, the economy and the lure of living well have sucked many into the narcotics underworld. The trend threatens the foundations of Mexican society.
Ex-NY Post editor sues paper for racism, sexism – Sandra Guzman, a black and Puerto Rican associate editor, was terminated on Sept. 29 in retaliation for complaints about allegedly pervasive racism and sexism at the newspaper.
Tortuphina Press Announces New Book by Ana Munoz-Jordan: ‘How Turtle Became a Dolphin’
Book review: Sworn to Silence, by Linda Castillo
Latina Leadership Lessons: Building Alliances
November 9, 2009
Two women (Latinas) who had applied and been approved under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that gives them permits to be in the country legally report being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, arrests that landed them in jail, in one case for an entire month.
Yasmin Vizcaino, Miss Hispanic Oklahoma State University 2009, and the Stillwater Public Library are joining to provide information and resources to permanent Hispanic residents who want to become United States citizens.
Republican Debra Medina says she’ll be the first candidate in the 2010 Texas governor’s race with Spanish-language TV ads.
Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez detained, beaten on way to march
Hispanic Entrepreneur profile: For Thyme Matters chef, good food becomes a way to connect – Alejandra Chavez in El Paso
November 7, 2009
MARISA TREVIÑO: She’s one blogging Latina lista to be reckoned with!
Rep. Loretta Sanchez reiterates that she is not running for Governor
Report on Women’s Human Rights Violations Shows Systematic Attack on Women Under Honduran Coup
November 6, 2009
Lizette Olmos, LULAC and MillerCoors Lideres Campaign – she needs your help to win
Carmen Ortiz has been confirmed as the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, becoming the first Hispanic and the first woman to hold the state’s top federal prosecutor’s job.
The National Latina Business Women’s Association Gather in Force and Unity to Help Shape the Future for Latina Business Owners
November 5, 2009
Hispanic women snap up brands that boost their behinds- Colombian jeans celebrate women’s curves
A ‘Precious’ opportunity for young nuyorican actress – Stephanie Andujar
Alexandra Limón is heading to Fresno to become nightside general assignment reporter for KGPE-47, the CBS affiliate. – leaves Telemundo in Tucson
Dominican-born judge wins bench in N.Y. State Supreme Court – Diccia Pineda-Kirwan
The American Heart Association Launches Go Red Por Tu Corazon at the Latin Grammy’s to Educate Latinas About Their Heart Health
November 4, 2009
Statement of US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on this week’s immigration enforcement and workers’ rights report
Hispanic Women Run for Nevada Office – Several candidates hope to alter the composition of the Nevada State Legislature. There are currently no Hispanic women serving in the legislature, but four have already announced they will run next year
Viewpoint: Being Latino in America – commentary by MARIA ELENA SALINAS
Miriam Flores is a 42-year-old Mexican immigrant who has taken the cause of English as a second language to the nation’s highest courts.
California Congresswoman Loretta Sánchez Leads Congress’s Charge Against Domestic Abuse
Latina Leadership Lessons: When We Wear Masks
November 2, 2009
Tales of weeping woman passed down in Hispanic culture – La Llorona
P&G Adapts Its Web Fashion Show for Hispanic Women – Branded Program ‘De Moda’ Retooled With Latin Topics, Celebs
Daisy Expósito-Ulla receives Women of Virtue Award from LatinBiz
Araceli de León Promoted to Regional Vice President and General Manager of KBLR-40 in Las Vegas and KDEN-25 in Denver
Few people have done more to advance the cause of Hispanics in the region than Rosa Correa, the former chairwoman of the Bridgeport Housing Authority.
The Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce board of directors has named Lea Marquez Peterson, its president and CEO.
SFist Interviews Artist Gabriela Lena Frank
October 30, 2009
Casa de Esperanza Launches Hope Campaign to Challenge Communities Across the Country to Take Action
Mexican Political Prisoner Gloria Arenas Released
Sanchez sisters eyed by House ethics panel for alleged collusion – Linda and Loretta CA Democrats
October 29, 2009
ImpreMedia Appoints Olga Casabona VP of Audience and Market Insights
Consorte Media Launches Tiene Sites to Provide Advice to Savvy Latinas
As an artist and a yoga guru in Kansas City, Maria Calderon, 25, is in touch with herself and her surroundings.
October 28, 2009
The Other Latina on CNN – half Puerto Rican Jane Velez-Mitchell and her book
Health Reform for Latinas Should Include Not Being Shackled While Birthing
Nationally Recognized Latina Lista Blog Re-Launches as Multimedia News Site
Sanctuary journey ends – 1st Elvira Arellano left y now Flor Crisostomo has left the church in Chicago
Mexico’s pink taxis cater to fed-up females – In colonial city of Pueblo, these cabs don’t stop for men
October 27, 2009
Domestic Violence and Latina Immigrants: Seven Reasons Why Some Are Reluctant to Seek Help
Q&A With Monica C. Roldan, MSW Manager of Community Outreach and Supervising Supervisor Sanctuary for Families
October 26, 2009
Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Patricia Quijano Dark is moving to the Deseret News, where she will serve as a senior editor over minority and Hispanic issues.
Isabel Allende Named to Council of Cervantes Institute
Pregnant Latina Says She Was Forced to Give Birth in Shackles After One of Arpaio’s Deputies Racially Profiled Her
Latinos lag in skills as toddlers, studies show – Poor, immigrant Latinas have healthy babies but by age 2 or 3, their toddlers begin to lag behind white middle-class children in vocabulary, listening and problem-solving skills, according to two new studies.
Fidel Castro’s younger sister, Juanita, now living in Miami, reveals in a Univisión-Noticias 23 report on her new book that she worked with the CIA while living in Cuba.
Latina Leadership Lessons from La Bruja: A Different View of the Supernatural/ Spiritual Connection
Angelique Espinoza’s departure from Boulder City Council leaves cultural gap
October 17, 2009
Más mujeres en estructuras de poder de Cuba
Interview with Vickie Jimenez
Cuidad Juárez killings: Women victims are new aspect of ongoing violence across border
Miami-Beach Florida’s Mayor Matti Herrera Bower’s 19 Day Countdown to Mayoral Re-Election – city’s first female and Cuban-American Mayor
October 15, 2009
Mensaje de Yoani Sánchez a ceremonia de premios “María Moors Cabot” en la Universidad de Columbia.
October 14, 2009
Diana Delgado, was appointed as the new Vice President of Corporate Sales for Lazer Broadcasting a Spanish language radio station company based out of Oxnard, California.
MEXICO: Rural Poverty Has a Woman’s Face
Former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.), a 2008 Republican presidential candidate and fierce opponent of illegal immigration, is criticizing the nomination of Stephanie Villafuerte for District of Colorado U.S. Attorney.
Afro-Latinos in Literature: Q&A with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa – While many Latinos have African roots, our literature doesn’t always reflect this
Yazbeth Navarrete was honored on September 24 by the Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce with the “Latino Business Roundtable Community Leadership Award.”
A Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her country’s communist system said she was denied government permission Monday to travel to New York to receive a top journalism prize. – Yoani Sanchez
Former Chicagoan brings us a taste of El Salvador
A new coffee: Finca de Angeles Coffee – Stephanie Andersen-Samayoa
Tera Vazquez credits TN Minority Supplier Development Council in Nashville Post interview
Tuesday night’s Fiesta Latina concert at the White House wasn’t just a chance to showcase Latin music. The White House brought in guest chef Maricel Presilla to help tell the pan-Latin story through finger food. – chef and co-owner of Zafra and Cucharamama, two restaurants in Hoboken, N.J.
Decapitated body among 100 girls, women killed in Cuidad Juárez in ‘09 – “first time a woman has been decapitated and her body displayed in this manner” – (NOT GOOD but nothing seems to change) + The death toll in Juárez has surpassed the 1,900 mark for the year over the weekend, according to a tally kept by the El Paso Times.
University of Nevada, Reno professor Emma Sepulveda Pulvirenti was appointed to the commission this week by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. – National Museum of the American Latino Commission.
October 13, 2009
Parents of victims furious to learn that DWI mom Carmen Huertas mocked her own daughter’s pleas to be careful – NYC
October 12, 2009
Yoani Sánchez: ‘‘Mi vida está en otra Cuba, no en otra parte”
Scenes from Ana Castillo at UC Berkeley
A leader in Northern Nevada’s Latino community has been invited to a White House gathering next week for Hispanic Heritage Month. – Xiomara Rodriguez
Interview with Sueños chef Sue Torres in NYC
October 9, 2009
Latinas Feeling Uncertain About Healthcare Debate
LATINA Style Magazine to announce LATINA Executive of the Year for 2009
LATINA VOTER INTERNET AND NEW MEDIA USAGE: Groundbreaking Poll Shows Internet & New Media Usage Vital for Engaging Latinas
NCLR President and CEO Janet Murguía Named one of “Washingtonian’s 100 Most Powerful Women”
Associate Editor Sandra Guzmán was let go from the New York Post last week sparking controversy
Latina Author: Alexandra Roman de Hernandez
Pew Hispanic Center study reveals blocks in Latinos’ road to college – Two Latinas say they would have gone to universities if they’d had the chance – Salinas, CA perspective
California American Water Appoints Community Leader Blanca Zarazua to Board of Directors
Justice Eva Guzman – A judge whose Mexican immigrant mother earned only a third grade education and worked as a cleaning woman was named to the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday, becoming the first Latina to serve on the state’s highest court.
From Hollywood To The Great White Way: April Lee Hernandez-Castillo Continues To Raise Awareness About Violence Within Latino Communities
October 7, 2009
Siempre Mujer’s 2009 Siempre Inspiran Honorees Revealed in October/November Issue
MillerCoors Selects LULAC’s Lizette Jenness Olmos For Its 2009 Líderes Campaign
Hispanic Education Coalition Applauds Choice of New Director of Head Start Early Childhood Education Program
Migdalia Figueroa has been promoted to VP of Content for the Telemundo Station Group
Zorro Unmasked: a review of Zorro, by Isabel Allende
Miss Tennessee Latina Pageant skips 2009
Love child turned critic, a daughter of Fidel Castro told a Widener University audience Monday that lifting 50-year embargoes imposed by the United States would do little to help suffering people in Cuba. – Alina Fernandez
Hispanic Job Counselor Mary Gonzalez-Koenig Blazed Trail For Latinos in Chicago
A Losing Proposition — How Immigration Enforcement Hurts Women and Communities
First steps: Horse helps 8-year-old Rhiannon Hernandez to reach dream – (touching)
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien on growing up Latina in a white L.I. town
ESMERALDA SANTIAGO, ELVIRA LINDO, ANNECY BAEZ AT THE NEW YORK TIMES – OCTOBER 13 (6 – 8 P.M.) – panel discussion “Women’s Voices in a Latino New York”
October 6, 2009
Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho to receive the University of Michigan Wallenberg Medal
October 5, 2009
Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s first Supreme Court term begins with argument over lawyer request
Book Review: “How To Leave Hialeah” by Jennine Capó Crucet (***1/2)
Christina Mendez Continues Taking the World by Storm
Designer Angelina Mata will celebrate San Antonio fashion week with show
Sandra Cisneros’ ofrenda to her parents on exhibit in Chicago
Police: Maria Gurrolla’s immigration status was “not relevant” to solving assault and abduction of Gurrolla’s days-old son – If someone posing as the IRS attacked you at work, would the press interview your accountant? – The case of Yair Anthony Carillo abduction
Maria Contreras-Sweet Promotes Los Angeles Development
El Teatro de Los Oprimidos – Olga García Echeverría
Latina heritage, gender embraced by young girls – Soy Unica! Soy Latina! seminar on Saturday at Colorado State University-Pueblo
Book review: “This is for the Mara Salvatrucha:” Teen in “America’s Most Violent Gang” finds there’s no exit – true story of Brenda Paz by Samuel Logan
¡VIDA! The Fourth Annual Mujer Latina Breast Cancer Conference, offering information on early cancer screening, risk factors, treatment and managing side effects, is scheduled for next Saturday, Oct. 10, at Old Pueblo Community Center. – Arizona
Latina Leadership Lessons on La Llorona: When We Are the Cause of Our Tears
Nobel Prize to Piedad Cordoba? – One of the most controversial figures in Colombia may be an odds-on favorite to win one of the world’s most prestigious awards.
Over the past year, an average of nine woman were murdered by their spouses, boyfriends or ex-partners each month in Peru and many of these crimes were motivated by jealousy
October 4, 2009
Award-Winning Singer Mercedes Sosa Dies at 74
October 2, 2009
10 years later, Latino oral history project expands
Initiative will collect narratives from Korea, Vietnam in addition to World War II. – Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
Sotomayor won’t sell NY apartment in this economy
Chassis Plans & Component Sourcing Group, a Hispanic Woman Owned 8(a) Firm, Enter SBA Mentor Protege
Stay-at-Home Moms are more likely Younger, Hispanic & Foreign-Born.
Gabriela Zabalúa-Goddard, editor of AARP’s Segunda Juventud magazine, will be the host of a new weekly Spanish-language radio show
Edna Campos Gravenhorst to present her book at Texas A & M University
Rochester Hispanic Business Association honors Jacklyn Ortiz as business person of year
Singer Mercedes Sosa Hospitalized in Argentina
24th Annual Hispanic Women’s Conference – Phoenix (audio story)
Sarita E. Brown, president of Excelencia in Education, a District-based nonprofit that analyzes data and advocates policies that support academic achievement by Latino students, won one of three McGraw Prizes in Education, an annual award that recognizes educational leaders and which includes a $25,000 prize.
October 1, 2009
Hispanic hero: Dolores Huerta
Muchas felicidades to Arlenis Sosa for being honored at The Latin Pride National Awards
Madres mexicanas logran cambios educativos y viales en la ciudad de Colorado
Sotomayor’s impact on trial as high court returns to work
September 30, 2009
Latina Business Strategies Breakfast – Thursday, October 15th 2009 – San Francisco
Call for Nominations – Mujeres Latinas creates new award to recognize community leadership
Interview With Author/ Illustrator Adalucía Quan
Latinos must use political capital towards demanding passage of the REAL Act – (very good read)
NASHVILLE: Amber alert issued for abducted 4-day-old baby – Yair Anthony Carillo – Police believe a woman posing as an immigration worker went to Carrillo’s home and demanded his mother Maria Gurrolla, give her the baby. When refused, the woman stabbed her.
LicenZing LLC is recognized as Women Owned Business of the Year of San Rafael, CA – Molly Robbins Entrepreneur honored by Women’sInitiative ofSelf -Employment
Chicana Phenom Writer Marisela Norte! Now Available as a Cool Commodity!
September 29, 2009
Live from Honduras: An Interview with Berta Caceres
Review: Reyna Grande. Dancing With Butterflies.
Angela de Hoyos, grande dame of Chicano poetry, dies in San Antonio
Shirley Velásquez has been named editor-in-chief of My Latino Voice, a Latino news and culture Web site, previously known as miapogeo.com.
Reporter Rita García makes an 85 market jump to Los Angeles. She leaves her full-time job at KRGV-5 in Harlingen, Texas to become a freelancer at the KCBS/KCAL duopoly.
Carolina Herrera Becomes American Citizen
Sonia Sotomayor Throws a Strike at Yankee Stadium
Humana Hosts Popular Latina TV Personality Lucy Pereda at Telemundo’s Hispanic Expo Sun., Oct. 4 in Tampa
Juanita Castro, the exiled sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro, is set to release a first-person memoir in which she talks at length about her brothers.
September 28, 2009
Beloved Hispanic community leader to be honored – This summer, Tampa Bay’s Hispanic community was rocked by the death of Maria Esther Carrillo.
A funny thing happened on Sonia Sotomayor’s drive to Washington to be announced as President Barack Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee: She got lost.
Caroline Valdez, former aide to Rep. Loretta Sanchez, gets probation
Newspapers still matter to people like Brittany DeSantiago
Latino leader calls for protecting civil rights – LULAC president: March, speak to legislators on health care, immigration
More than Cuban: Miami author Jennine Capó Crucet gives second-generation American characters their own voice – “How to Leave Hialeah”
Waded Cruzado, a finalist for the president’s job at Montana State University would be the first female president and the first Hispanic president
Becoming Latina in 10 Easy Steps by Lara Rios
Even Fewer Chicanas on TV: Mexican American Actress Sara Paxton’s Show THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE Cancelled
Sandra Cisneros honors her mother for Day of the Dead
September 24, 2009
Myriam Marquez Makes History as the Miami Herald’s First Hispanic Editorial Page Editor
As part of the Distinguished Lecture Series at Governors State University, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez will speak to students, faculty, staff and the community at a free and public presentation at 6 p.m. Oct. 1
Fox News analyst Linda Chavez dispels stereotypes about Hispanics
On the Job with Marielena Vasquez – Bilingual pediatrician adds level of comfort for Hispanic parents – Columbus, Ohio
Salvadorans Seek a Voice To Match Their Numbers – Summit Aims to Raise Political Visibility – First Salvadoran American Leadership Summit
Rita Moreno, Star of Stage, Screen, and Television to Deliver 14th Annual Burian Lecture, October 7, 2009
30 Days of Latino Heritage: Erika Lopez in NYC, Oct. 2
Maria Elena Ibañez builds her third entrepreneurial venture giving El Latino brand regional reach, eyes going national – Intermark Foods
Dreaming of a future – Chicago Dream Act rallies and a video
“We Made Them Millions, and They Complain About Insurance” – Lupe Chavez, a housekeeper at the San Francisco Hilton, tells her story to David Bacon.
La hispana Lizette Valarino fundadora de una organización que entrega becas a estudiantes latinos del centro de Florida recibió hoy el premio Points of Light que otorga la Gobernación del estado en el marco del mes de la Herencia Hispana.
Meet Latina.com’s New Dating Blogger: Sujeiry Gonzalez
September 22, 2009
Outspoken Cuban-American writer Achy Obejas to address Indiana University community for Hispanic Heritage Month
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who grew up in the Bronx and is a longtime New York Yankees fan, will throw out the first pitch Saturday before their game against the Boston Red Sox.
From the Book Shelves: Just Like Us The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America By Helen Thorpe
PG&E’s Ophelia Basgal named NSHMBA’s 2009 Ultimate Hispanic Executive
Ingrid Otero-Smart – - HispanicAd.com 2009 ‘Agency Executive Of The Year’
New Research Finds Latinas with Lactose Intolerance Manage Their Condition by Limiting or Avoiding Dairy
National Council of La Raza President and CEO to Testify at Congressional Hearing on the State of Minorities in the Recession
Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho seeks protection for new threats
Marcela Landres to review for PowerfulLatinas.com
Suma Lorena Ochoa 127 semanas al frente de las listas de la LPGA – 127 weeks leading the ranks of the LPGA!
September 21, 2009
The National Hispana Leadership Institute Honored Latinas in Public Service at Its Annual Latina Leaders Breakfast
EL PASO — City Rep. Rachel Quintana is being treated differently under the law, but that is not improper, a prosecutor told a panel of state judges Thursday.
Quinceanera class readies girls for Catholic coming of age in Kalamazoo, MI
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis spoke at the commencement at California State University Dominguez Hills on Friday and urged graduates to keep striving in the face of difficult economic times.
Hispanic Heritage Month keynote Marga Gomez speaking Wednesday – Central Michigan University
The president of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce abruptly left the group’s national convention in Denver on Saturday amid reports he was feuding with the board chairman. – Augustine Martinez
When Ana Escobar sits down with other members of the Judicial Nominating Commission this week, she will be making history. 1st Hispanic woman to serve on the panel that nominates judicial candidates to the Tennessee governor. + the appointment of Renata Soto to the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission, the panel that evaluates appellate-level judges up for re-election, will help bring diversity to politically powerful committees, supporters say.
September 18, 2009
The Denver Latina Chamber of Commerce has named Sweetwater Union High School District Board Member Pearl Quiñones a Latina Trail Blazer in education.
Hispanic women are surpassing other groups in their ability to start and run businesses, a trend that will only increase, according to experts taking part in Denver at the first Latina Summit of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
September 17, 2009
Anne Trujillo is celebrating 25 years at KMGH-7, Denver’s ABC affiliate. She is also the city’s longest running anchor.
Karla Leal is moving to Austin to become the main anchor and reporter for the upcoming KEYE-produced Telemundo affiliate newscasts.
Erika Gonzalez is leaving her co-anchor job at Fox 2 News in McAllen, to become a reporter for KEYE-42 in Austin.
AT&T Scientist’s Green Advancements Recognized by Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute – Dr. Alicia Abella
Obama praises Sotomayor at Hispanic gala
Latino Culinary Institute Coming Soon to Dallas – brainchild of Lydia Gonzalez Welch, who once produced a Latin food show for cable television.
Latina Beauty » Kiss Your Frizz Anxieties Good Bye With Living Proof Shampoo and Conditioner
NEW YORK’S WPIX-TV AND LATV TEAM WITH PATHMARK ON HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH – LATV On-Air Personality Pili Montilla Will Appear in Sunday Afternoon of Festivities at Manhattan’s South Street Seaport
Chilean-American author Isabel Allende explores the topic of slavery in her new novel, a subject she says is as important as ever because “there have never been more slaves in the world as there are now.”
September 15, 2009
VivirLatino Familia Grows Just in Time for Latino Heritage Month – Bianca Laureano
Rep. Loretta Sanchez among lawmakers in spotlight for taxpayer-funded trips
Rep. Loretta Sanchez loves traveling on your dime
Argentina recalls 40,000 IUDs, may be contaminated
The Latina Army’s Looking for Young Latinas – Empowering young latina women to succeed – Connecticut
Dr. Eliscer Guzman, with The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Join Forces to Celebrate the Community Diabetes and Cardiovascular Care Program’s Graduation Ceremony on September 16th
September 11, 2009
Border mothers angry over Mexican nominee for AG – say Arturo Chavez, did little to solve dozens of rapes and murders of women in Cuidad Juarez when he was Chihuahua state attorney general from 1996 to 1998.
September 10, 2009
A study released Wednesday found high breast cancer mortality and low early detection rates among African American, Hispanic and rural women in five Central Texas counties.
Joe Wilson’s lie is Carmen Velasquez’s truth
September 9, 2009
Video: Renowned Health Expert Dra. Aliza Teams Up With Baby Looney Tunes To Promote Healthy, Happy Babies
Los Angeles Teen Wins $45,000 Quinceanera Party from Verizon Wireless
Meet ‘Confetti Girl’ author Diana Lopez Sept. 15 at the Twig – San Antonio
Weekend morning meteorologist Amanda Sánchez is leaving KTNV-13 (ABC) Las Vegas. She joins KOVR-13 in Sacramento
Just released: Daughters of the Stone, by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
Interview With Author Diana Lopez
Matriarch’s 300 descendents gather for funeral – Gregoria Martinez – Texas
September 8, 2009
Cooking With Daisy Martinez….on Whitehead Island!
Justice Sonia Sotomayor has taken her seat at the Supreme Court in front of a packed courtroom that included President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
Book Review: Mayra Santos-Febres and Our Lady of the Night
Margaret Montoya, a longtime member of the University of New Mexico law school faculty, was the first Latina to be admitted to Harvard Law School.
New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Petra Jimenez Maes was one of the first two Hispanic women to graduate from the University of New Mexico’s law school. In 2003, she became the state’s first Latina chief justice.
Hispanic women make legal history in New Mexico
We need a Latina Oprah
Sonia Sotomayor’s First Day on the Job
Book review: How to Leave Hialeah by Jennine Capo Crucet
Sonia Sotomayor To Wear Judicial Collar Given To Her By Ginsburg (VIDEO)
September 7, 2009
Tuesday (Sept. 8th) at 2 p.m., the Supreme Court will hold an investiture for new justice Sonia Sotomayor. USA TODAY previews the ceremony.
Hispanic women make up only 1.3% of all lawyers in the United States. That is the lowest representation of any racial or ethnic group (overall and within their own gender) as compared to their overall presence in the nation – Latinas make up over 7% of the country’s population
September 4, 2009
At Casa Margarita, FotoSeptiembre is all about legs, Italian legs – Photographer Gloria Garcia
September 3, 2009
Wichitan Shala Perez took over as executive director of the Kansas Hispanic & Latino American Affairs Commission this week.
Beatriz Planas – Director of Miami Office for Posterscope USA
Good Writing with a Latina Flavor – White Bread Competition, a young adult novel by Jo Ann Hernandez
Award-winning Latino Playwright Coming to SoCal
Controversial play “Miss Lebron” arrives in Orange County on September 4, 2009 – René Solivan
Evy Ramos has been hired at KGPE-47, the CBS affiliate in Fresno, as the station’s new morning anchor
Angie Cruz, author of Let It Rain Coffee – Interview
September 2, 2009
Leydi Mendoza, Soldier Deployed To Iraq, Now Fights To Regain Custody Of Daughter
Health Care Woes for Latinos – talk with Pilar Marrero, Political Editor for La Opinion and Fabiola Pomareda, reporter for La Raza (audio)
Guest Voz: One Latina high school dropout declares, “I am one of the Lucky Ones.”
Author Gloria Zamora’s memoir, titled “Sweet Nata: Growing Up in Rural New Mexico,” recounts her early days as a member of a large Hispanic family in that southwestern state.
September 1, 2009
Latino Women’s Expo in Mishawaka links families, resources – Second annual event held at Bethel College. – Indiana
Catching Up on Catherine Ramirez’s THE WOMAN IN THE ZOOT SUIT
Honduran Constitutional Assembly Would Be a Step Toward the Emancipation of Women
Miss Ecuador Universe, Miss Bolivia Universe and Other Latina Miss Universe Contenders
Latino Book Club: Faith by Bonnie S. Mata
¡HHS LANZA BEST BONES FOREVER! Campaña orientada a las niñas debido al incremento de los riesgos a la salud ósea
August 27, 2009
Commissioner Constance Barker of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought her campaign against sexual assaults on female Hispanic migrant farm workers to Birmingham on Wednesday.
Crawford & Company Names Jeannette Barrios Manager in Puerto Rico
Interview with Author Julia Amante – Evenings at the Argentine Club will be released in September 2009.
FOUNDER OF THE FIRST HISPANIC FEMALE-OWNED LAW FIRM IN NEW YORK CITY ENDORSES MAYOR MIKE BLOOMBERG FOR RE-ELECTION – Carmen Pacheco
Can the U.S. government take a woman’s baby from her because she doesn’t speak English? That’s the latest question to arise in the hothouse debate over illegal immigration, as an undocumented woman from impoverished rural Mexico — who speaks only an obscure indigenous language — fights in a Mississippi court to regain custody of her infant daughter.
Vicki Carr returns to El Paso, the city she was born in, for benefit performance – concert is being produced by Wise Latina Entertainment
