Latinas + California Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 23, 2009
Al Carlos sits down with Nancy De Los Santos, writer. Period.
November 20, 2009
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.
November 7, 2009
Rep. Loretta Sanchez reiterates that she is not running for Governor
November 5, 2009
Alexandra Limón is heading to Fresno to become nightside general assignment reporter for KGPE-47, the CBS affiliate. – leaves Telemundo in Tucson
November 2, 2009
SFist Interviews Artist Gabriela Lena Frank
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.
Yazbeth Navarrete was honored on September 24 by the Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce with the “Latino Business Roundtable Community Leadership Award.”
October 12, 2009
Scenes from Ana Castillo at UC Berkeley
October 9, 2009
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
October 5, 2009
Maria Contreras-Sweet Promotes Los Angeles Development
September 30, 2009
Latina Business Strategies Breakfast – Thursday, October 15th 2009 – San Francisco
LicenZing LLC is recognized as Women Owned Business of the Year of San Rafael, CA – Molly Robbins Entrepreneur honored by Women’sInitiative ofSelf -Employment
September 29, 2009
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.
September 28, 2009
Caroline Valdez, former aide to Rep. Loretta Sanchez, gets probation
September 21, 2009
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.
September 15, 2009
Rep. Loretta Sanchez among lawmakers in spotlight for taxpayer-funded trips
Rep. Loretta Sanchez loves traveling on your dime
September 9, 2009
Los Angeles Teen Wins $45,000 Quinceanera Party from Verizon Wireless
September 3, 2009
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
August 25, 2009
State Sen. Jenny Oropeza, D-Long Beach, will serve as grand marshal in the city’s first Latin American Parade and Festival on Pine Avenue on Sept. 12 – Long Beach
August 24, 2009
Woman facing deportation remains at Simi church – 2 years later still there – California
Voices from VONA: E-interview with Vickie Vértiz – Every summer the Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation (VONA) brings renowned writers from around the country to the University of San Francisco to nurture developing writers of color
August 21, 2009
Kim Baldonado promoted to weekday anchor – KNBC-4 in Los Angeles
Alycia Lane gets TV news gig at KNBC in Los Angeles
August 10, 2009
La Cholita – Larger than life! VivirLatino Exclusive
August 5, 2009
The only Latina on the NRCC’s Target List: Rep. Loretta Sanchez
August 4, 2009
Recession leads to drop in birthrates in California – 3.2% decline in births to Hispanic mothers from 2007 to 2008 — the largest one-year decline in at least two decades – “That seems to be because a lot of working-age and childbearing-age Hispanics are moving out of state to take jobs elsewhere, coupled with the fact that the border crossings” into the U.S. from Mexico “have declined.”
July 14, 2009
Activist Victoria Baca raising Latinos’ influence in Moreno Valley – California
July 9, 2009
Yesterday the OC Weekly’s Navel Gazing blog had yet another good post up about Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez’s hypocrisy in not co-sponsoring the DREAM Act
June 25, 2009
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez not running for governor of California
With Villarraigosa out of the CA Governor’s Race, will Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez jump in?
June 24, 2009
Marlene Forte puts on a new hat as the creative director of the famed theater group Company of Angels
June 23, 2009
Quartet of Latina professors at Cal State San Bernardino file grievance – Maria Balderrama, Nena Torrez, Barbara Flores & Lynne Diaz-Rico
June 19, 2009
Rodri Rodriguez Bringing the Romance and Spectacle Back Again with 20th Mariachi USA Festival
June 16, 2009
San Jose Latino leader resigns amid pension fund probe – Olivia Mendiola director of Mexican American Community Services Agency (MACSA)
June 4, 2009
California State Senator Gloria Romero’s Dropout Prevention Report Bill Passes Senate
April 27, 2009
A Green Latino Movement in South Los Angeles – Mujeres de la Tierra
April 9, 2009
Court: your MySpace page isn’t private – A college student’s rant against her small town provoked such intense backlash that her family had to move—but a California court has ruled that you can’t cry “invasion of privacy” when people circulate what you’ve posted to your MySpace page. – the Cynthia Moreno story
March 16, 2009
Teresa Foster is an immigration consultant who recently celebrated 19 years of working with Napa Valley families, as well as advocating for Latinos in education and other arenas.
March 14, 2009
The Fall of Rosario Marín, California’s Favorite Mexican Republican: News Analysis from FI2W
March 11, 2009
HOPE Presents ‘Latina History Day’ Conference in Los Angeles
Recently reelected to the post of councilor in Bell, a town in Los Angeles County, Mexican-American Teresa Jacobo is continuing in politics the struggle she began more than a decade ago as a community activist.
March 4, 2009
UC Santa Barbara Sociologist Named Outstanding Latina Faculty in Higher Education, Elected President of Scholarly Association – Denise Segura
January 28, 2009
Education executive and preschool advocate Celia Ayala has been appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California Early Learning Quality Improvement System Advisory Committee.
January 21, 2009
Drexel University and the Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce have announced that Gloria Mirazo of Elk Grove has been awarded the inaugural Hispanic Leadership Masters’ Grant, which supports a student pursuing a degree at Drexel’s new Sacramento Center for Graduate Studies.
December 19, 2008
Obama Said To Pick Hilda Solis For Labor Secretary
Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-El Monte), a Congressional Hispanic Caucus leader considered to be one of the most reliably pro-union voices in the House, is President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to head the Labor Department, a Democratic official said Thursday.
December 18, 2008
South El Monte mayor makes no promises on heeding curfew – Blanca Figueroa says she stays at work until the wee hours because the mayor’s work is never done. Colleagues contend she’s living at City Hall.
Beatriz Valdez dies at 69; L.A. County’s first female registrar-recorder
December 9, 2008
UC Santa Cruz senior Danielle Soto follows family footsteps in politics – The 22-year-old environmental studies major will be sworn into the Pomona City Council on Dec. 13, just two days after her last final. – granddaughter of the late Philip Soto one of the first two Latinos elected to the California Assembly in 1962
December 8, 2008
President of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Mónica García’s attempt to oust LAUSD’s Brewer: gaffe or gutsy?
November 30, 2008
Biography of María Blanco, Executive Director, Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute for Race, Diversity and Ethnicity – University of California, Berkeley Law School – Serving on Obama’s Education Transition Team
November 25, 2008
Congresswoman Expecting – Lakewood Democrat Linda Sanchez announces she is expecting a child with boyfriend
November 19, 2008
La activista latina Silvia Campoy ha dedicado su vida a la defensa de los derechos de los menos favorecidos, primero con niña de origen mexicano segregada, luego como madre de una estudiante y ahora como líder de su comunidad. – Los Angeles
November 18, 2008
The 1st Annual Gracia Molina de Pick Latina Feminism Lecture was presented at UCSD last week
November 17, 2008
How did Olga Diaz manage to beat a two-term incumbent and become the first self-described Latino council member in the 120-year history of Escondido? She swept the middle. Unofficial election results show that Diaz not only beat Ed Gallo, whom she will replace on the council, in all 25 precincts in central Escondido, but also had more votes there than Sam Abed, who finished first and won re-election. – California
November 6, 2008
An out Latina lesbian has won a seat on San Francisco’s school board, ensuring the board will have an LGBT member after the departure of openly gay President Mark Sanchez, who left for an unsuccessful bid (as of press time) to join the city’s Board of Supervisors. Barbara “Bobbi” Lopez, 30
Mayor Becky Campo held a 430-vote lead over challenger Luis Molina on Tuesday night in a hard-fought election that pitted two Democratic Latino candidates against each other. – Patterson, California
November 3, 2008
Peruvian-born singer Yma Sumac dies in Los Angeles
October 23, 2008
Veteran activist shows support for immigrant rights protesters – Dolores Huerta tells group fasting in Olvera Plaza that they are fighting for the future of their children, immigrants, California and the nation.
September 29, 2008
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers union, will appear at a brunch Saturday to help raise money for City Attorney Michael Aguirre’s re-election campaign. – San Diego
September 27, 2008
Dr. Erlinda Martinez Honored Among Top 25 Latino Educators by National Latino Leaders Magazine
September 26, 2008
29th Annual U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce National Convention Honors Latina Business Owners, Advises on Procurement Opportunities
September 23, 2008
Molly Robbins Recognized as Emerging Hispanic Leader in Northern California
September 18, 2008
Lathrop Police Chief Dolores Delgado was recognized Tuesday night in Sacramento by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for being one of the highest ranking Latinas in law enforcement in the state
September 16, 2008
Latina from humble background elected Stanford trustee – Miriam Rivera
September 15, 2008
Pearl Quiñones: The Champion of the Underdog – San Diego
September 12, 2008
Rosalba Ruiz, a staff writer at the Orange County Register, helped produce the new film “Alondra Smiles,” about the celebrations two teen girls have for their 15th birthdays. It has been selected for the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival.
September 11, 2008
Tatiana Bedoya celebrated her 33rd birthday last week by officially launching Vixta, a new Spanish-language magazine for greater Sacramento’s Latino community.
Reps. Loretta and Linda Sánchez discuss their family and their new book at a Lynwood book store appearance.
September 5, 2008
Tatiana Bedoya, a former Univision reporter, this week launched Vixta, a new Spanish-language magazine for the Latino community in Sacramento.
Poet and author Pat Mora will receive the 2008 Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature at the Santa Barbara Book & Author Festival on Saturday, September 27. Sponsored by UC Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara Book Council, the annual award will be presented at a 3:30 p.m. ceremony in the Faulkner Gallery of the Santa Barbara Main Library.
September 3, 2008
In Stanislaus County, for example, about 59% of white women who gave birth at hospitals reported breastfeeding the newborn exclusively, while 33% of Hispanic women and 32% of black women said they exclusively breastfed – California
August 28, 2008
Cynthia Olivo, most recently the associate director of Admissions and Student Recruitment at California State University, San Bernardino, has been named the new associate dean of Counseling and Student Success Services at Pasadena City College.
August 20, 2008
Fresh off Mexican national team, Natalie Vinti leads USD against defending NCAA champ USC
August 14, 2008
The first sisters in Congress, Loretta and Linda Sanchez of California, say they had to fend off propositions and patronizing from men to get there and to stay. Their joint memoir, “Dream in Color: How the Sanchez Sisters Are Making History in Congress,” being published Sept. 2, traces their paths to Washington, where they found themselves a minority of a minority — Latina women in an institution still dominated by white men.
August 11, 2008
Former Treasurer of the United States, Rosario Marin, to Address Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Procurement & Job Fair on August 19th
July 30, 2008
Latino Health Access leader receives $125,000 prize – America Bracho is recognized for encouraging community involvement.
July 23, 2008
Eight Hispanic women say San Luis Obispo County’s probation department harassed them and retaliated against them in a pattern of discrimination based on gender and race.
July 21, 2008
Activist was Colton’s first Hispanic councilwoman – RIP Connie “Paddy” Cisneros – California
July 15, 2008
Woman receives top LULAC honor – Martha Chavarria – LULAC’s California Woman of the Year
July 14, 2008
Vanessa Robledo feted by magazine
Yolanda Pérez now hosts ‘Mex 2 the Max’
TelAranaTelAranaTelA by ANA T. FERNANDEZ – Art show in San Francisco
July 13, 2008
Berkley city manager named president-elect of Hispanic Network
July 10, 2008
Media Moves: Cecilia Vega, the S.F Chronicle’s city hall reporter leaves the paper to become an on-air reporter for KGO-7, the Bay Area’s ABC station.
Hortensia Magaña, 70; executive helped build her family’s corporation, advocated for Latino workers
June 26, 2008
Emily Vasquez | Superior Court of California
June 17, 2008
USC Carol Rodriguez closes in on 400-meter goal
Marketing firm owner earns national award – Virginia Madueño, president of Modesto-based Imagen LLC
June 16, 2008
LATINA ACTRESS EILEEN GALINDO MAKES THEATRE DIRECTORIAL DEBUT IN “TRAILERVILLE”
June 10, 2008
32nd Annual National Hispanic Women’s Conference Draws Sold Out Audience
San Bernardino Community College District names its first Latina, female chancellor – Noelia Vela
June 9, 2008
Activist Matriarch Isabel Rodriguez Passes – LA
Court rules for legacy of Juana Briones! – Palo Alto, California
June 3, 2008
Latina Soccer Referee Bound for Beijing – Verónica Pérez
June 2, 2008
‘Conscientious Projector: Photographs by Maria Teresa Fernandez’ – The Armory Center for the Arts at Pasadena exhibition focuses on the U.S.-Mexico border fence.
Girl Scouts trying to speak young Latinas’ language – Spanish Trails Council is offering bilingual camps this summer to attract new members and their parents. – California
May 28, 2008
93 Year Old Enjoys Adult School Success – Crucita Rueda
May 27, 2008
Media Moves: Lucía Navarro taken off anchor chair at KVEA (Telemundo-52 in LA)
May 22, 2008
Maite Perroni, the Image of NYX Cosmetics, Will be Signing Autographs and Holding an Interview on June 14, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA. – The talented actress and singer from the Mexican group “REBELDE” will meet and greet fans to kick-off the next NYX advertising campaign for the Hispanic Market.
May 21, 2008
Lola Montes, 90; influential head of Spanish dance company – Los Angeles
May 20, 2008
Laguna Hills woman pens book about her Mexican American roots – Sarah Rafael Garcia’s first book “Las Niñas: A Collection of Childhood Memories”
May 15, 2008
Latina Republicans learn political ropes – California
May 14, 2008
Award-Winning Performer Rita Moreno Speaks at Mills College Commencement May 17, 2008
May 13, 2008
La Bronca is Coming to Los Angeles – on SBS’s KLAX 97.9 FM La Raza
May 8, 2008
Jury award of over $1 million to Latina farm worker upheld by Ninth Circuit
May 7, 2008
Latina Author, Donna del Oro, Supports Scholarships for Latina College Students at University of California, Davis
April 30, 2008
San Jose City Councilwoman Nora Campos’ star rising in opposition role
April 29, 2008
First Latina President of a California State University Campus Inaugurated Friday – California State University, Dominguez Hills, one of the most diverse universities in the west, celebrates its history and future during President Mildred García’s inauguration this Friday, May 2
April 28, 2008
Diabetes Before Motherhood More Than Doubled In Six Years, Study Finds (52% of the participants were Latinas)
April 21, 2008
The 10th Annual Latina Conference will be held Friday, April 25 at the Riverside Convention Center in Riverside, California
April 14, 2008
Pasadena City College to Host 14th Annual Adelante Mujer Latina Conference
April 12, 2008
Christina Silva Sues Miss California USA Pageant, Claiming Racism
April 7, 2008
For Lorena Ochoa, a Title, a Soak and a Serenade – a grandstand full of singers serenaded her in Spanish
March 28, 2008
Inspired stories for Latinas at luncheon – Stockton, California
LATINA Style Business Series kicks off the 10 Year Anniversary Tour in Anaheim, CA
March 25, 2008
Cozen O’Connor Member Blanca Quintero Named Managing Partner of San Diego Office
March 20, 2008
Gisela Colón: Kinetic Light Opening at LS Contemporary
LATINA Style Business Series Kicks Off the 10 Year Anniversary Tour in Anaheim, CA
March 18, 2008
Safe Haven – Laura Perez’s experience as an immigrant groomed her for tending to others in desperate need – San Francisco
March 11, 2008
Consorte Media CEO Alicia Morga to Speak at MultiCultural Media Expo
Tomás Rivera Conference Honors Painter, Poet – Alfredo Arreguín and author Lauro Flores
March 5, 2008
CHARO Community Development Corporation Hosts its 4th Annual Business Conference & Expo
February 27, 2008
Rita Moreno to share stories at Ohlone College fundraiser
February 25, 2008
Mayor’s former girlfriend returns to L.A. media as radio co-host
Former US Treasurer Rosario Marin honored by the Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
February 5, 2008
Assemblywoman Nicole Parra announces retirement from public life
January 29, 2008
First Latina U.S. surgeon general (Antonia Novello) speaks in Monterey – California
January 23, 2008
Val Zavala, veteran journalists to join Public Affairs panel on “Real News”
January 17, 2008
Officials deport president of Palomar College MEChA club – Paola Oropeza
January 14, 2008
New consul to help county’s Mexicans – María de los Remedios Gómez Arnau in San Diego
January 7, 2008
Moms teach Hispanic culture to children – Livermore, California
January 2, 2008
Laura Aguilar & Delilah Montoya, Natural Forces: Against Type
December 10, 2007
Latina addresses philanthropy – Antonia Hernández – California
December 6, 2007
KUVS-19 hires news director – Isabel Gonzalez – Sacramento
December 4, 2007
UC Riverside Professor Honored by the Modern Language Association – Alicia Arrizón
November 30, 2007
Nunez Heads to Iowa this Weekend to Campaign for Senator Hillary Clinton
November 28, 2007
Linda Alvarez Became 1st Latina To Anchor English-Language L.A. Weekday Newscast – signing off
November 25, 2007
Rebel with many cause – After nearly four decades, Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin remains an artist for justice – Pasadena
November 14, 2007
Adriana Chavez Develops Successful Career at American Financial Group by Serving the Minority Hispanic Community
November 13, 2007
Biding their tongues – Cuban-born Maria Carreira is a professor at Cal State Long Beach. She has a finely honed sense of Spanish-English etiquette that leads her to use Spanish sparingly in public, unless she is approached in that language.
November 12, 2007
Stephanie De La Torre: New Leadership and New Direction for The Centro – San Diego
November 11, 2007
Latina Launches Networking Site for Quinceañeras – QuinceClub.com
November 5, 2007
CAMP counselor wins $10,000 prize for migrant program – Marcelina Fernandez – California State University, Sacramento
October 29, 2007
A cross-cultural fiesta: Area teachers create bilingual children’s book – “La Fiesta y el Mariachi” – Marta Arroyo – Carlsbad, California
October 28, 2007
Folic acid use declining among Latinas
October 22, 2007
First Spanish-language bridal magazine makes its debut in California on January 2008 for monolingual and bilingual Latinos
October 17, 2007
Prominent Latina lawmaker endorses Clinton – Rep. Hilda Solis (California)
October 14, 2007
Woman stood up for Hispanic rights – Margarita Solórzano-Amezcua – Santa Ana, California
October 3, 2007
Univision Announces Appointment of Maelia Macin General Manager of Los Angeles TV Stations
October 2, 2007
Latina Mothers’ New Weapon in Fight for Education – California
October 1, 2007
Honoring a Chicana elder, founder of Chicano Studies – Gracia Molina de Pick
September 27, 2007
Did You Know? The number of Santa Clara County businesses owned by Hispanic woman has increased more than 200% over the last 20 years. – California
September 25, 2007
Franciscan educator Sister Gaeta dies at 85 – San Bernardino County
Latina Conductor Brings Music to the Masses – Sonia Marie de León de Vega
September 24, 2007
Prof Patricia Zavella coedits new book on women and migration
September 20, 2007
Memorial set for lesbian scholar Yolanda Retter Vargas
September 13, 2007
Rita Solinas 1931”‰–”‰2007 – Santa Barbara
September 9, 2007
Latina Dance Project offers politically aware ‘Coyolxauhqui’ – Los Angeles
August 23, 2007
Gay Latina leader Yolanda Retter Vargas dies
July 31, 2007
LATINA Style Business Series Returns after Several Years to Sacramento and Awards a “Latina Entrepreneur of the Year’ During the Luncheon
June 25, 2007
Lauren Sanchez Joins Steve, Dorothy This Week on Good Day LA
June 3, 2007
The Bluebird Art House presents Crossing the Line”¦ Echoes at the Threshold of Abstraction: An Exhibition of Abstract and Figurative Paintings by Pola Lopez. – June 9th, 2007 : July 7th, 2007 – Whittier, California
May 16, 2007
List of the 100 Most Influential Latin@s of Silicon Valley Released
May 13, 2007
Univision’s Salinas to be honored at Latino celebration May 19 – California State University, Fresno’s 31st Annual Latino Commencement Celebration
May 10, 2007
Argelia Atilano – Think pink in the morning
Maria Suarez
May 8, 2007
UC Riverside Chancellor France A. Córdova Named Purdue University President
May 7, 2007
Maria Contreras-Sweet to Be Honored at 6th Annual Latino Spirit Awards
May 3, 2007
Yolanda Ruiz strives forward as pop singer
April 25, 2007
Americas United Bank Appoints Amada (Amy) Navarette
April 23, 2007
Chiori Santiago was a drumbeat of Bay Area arts scene
April 19, 2007
One-on-One With a Chicana Indigena Legend – Playwright Cherrie Moraga visited UC Santa Cruz and spoke with City on a Hill Press
April 18, 2007
Berkeley writer Chiori Santiago dead at 54
April 16, 2007
Pride displayed at Latina conference
March 28, 2007
Set sights high, Latinas tell others at Norte Vista High – California
March 22, 2007
Dolores Huerta speaks to packed Marymount Center – Los Angeles
A culture of young motherhood: Teen pregnancy remains an issue in Santa Cruz County – California (part 1 of 2)
March 20, 2007
Renowned author Sandra Cisneros to read at One Book closing event – Escondido, California
March 19, 2007
Latina author shares trailblazing tales – Sylvia Mendoza’s “The Book of Latina Women: 150 Vidas of Passion, Strength and Success.”
March 5, 2007
Hispanic immigrant named Woman of the Year – Lupe Nunez – Union City, California
Sofia Gutierrez, Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s“Volunteer of the Year”
February 13, 2007
Margaret Cruz — advocate for Latinos of San Francisco
February 12, 2007
Tiny makeup maker lands Wal-Mart contract – California
February 8, 2007
Master teacher, Latino pioneer, dies at age 92 – Fernanda Cruz – Redlands, California
February 7, 2007
Latina ed program is a victim of success – California
February 2, 2007
Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Selected for Caltrans Statewide Small Business Council
January 31, 2007
North County Latinas Association cancels annual conference – California
January 25, 2007
MARIA DE LOURDES SOBRINO, AUTHOR OF THE UPCOMING BOOK: THRIVING LATINA ENTREPRENEURS IN AMERICA, TO SPEAK AT SMALL BUSINESS FAIR FOR HISPANIC ENTREPRENEURS ON JANUARY 27 – Orange County, California
January 22, 2007
Destino fund to honor Hispanic pioneer, Antonia Hernandez – Ventura County, California
January 21, 2007
Martha ZÚñiga contributes to book on Latina scientists
January 16, 2007
Esther Renteria, 67; pushed TV stations to hire more Latinos
January 14, 2007
Latina activist dies at age 67 – Esther Renteria – Montebello, California
January 8, 2007
Cuesta summit targets Hispanic women
Class Acts: A Q&A With Jessica Maravilla – Modesto, California
January 5, 2007
Program gets Latinas on path to college – San Mateo County, California
December 17, 2006
Hispanic womens group provides seasons eatings – Orange County
December 7, 2006
Fairy Godmother to Quinceañeras Honored by City of Los Angeles – Isabella Martinez Wall
