Category: American Dreams
Plotting happy endings to storybook dreams
Book editor Marcela Landres discovers her true destiny is to help Latino writers find publishing success in a competitive industry. LatinaLista — Marcela Landres was on her way to making her parents proud as the first one in her family to become a doctor. However, it would take a fortunate accident in chemistry class to [...]
Latina entrepreneur creates new foundation to help the needy of Honduras
LatinaLista — Whenever there is talk of immigrants, it’s always about how they want to achieve the “American Dream.” Well, a second part of that Dream is how these same immigrants help their families left behind. Usually, it’s in the form of remittances sent back to the families but sometimes it’s bigger than that. This [...]
Crafting a Route towards Creating a Business
Kathy Cano Murillo, otherwise known as the Crafty Chica, creates a one-woman enterprise through creative talent and persistence. LatinaLista — Her legions of fans know her as the “Crafty Chica,” and today craft entrepreneur, syndicated columnist, artist, book author and tv/web personality Kathy Cano Murillo lives up to her alter ego. In fact, if it [...]
One Mother’s Quest to Create a High-Quality Children’s Spanish Magazine
Christianne Meneses Jacobs creates a Spanish-language children’s magazine as a tool to help bicultural families keep the Spanish language alive for their children. LatinaLista — Nicaragua-born Christianne Meneses Jacobs had a problem: How could she ensure that her U.S.-born toddler would grow up speaking and retaining her Spanish as she got older? Founder and [...]
“Man’s Best Friend” Unleashes New Opportunity for Dog-Loving Entrepreneur
Combining a love for dogs and the desire to be self-employed, Marlena Cervantes creates a unique service that lets people share dog ownership. LatinaLista — Marlena Cervantes had one dream — to be self-employed. But it couldn’t be just any job. It had to be something that earned this California native a steady income while [...]
Pursuing a Dream One Handshake at a Time
Political newcomer, Mary Abeyta, builds on her history of helping others to pursue a run for public office. LatinaLista — At the age of 9, when most girls are enjoying weekend sleepovers and outings to the mall with their friends, Mary Abeyta was spending weekends traveling by Salvation Army bus serving as a translator [...]
Cracking open business success with a yolk of an idea
Businesswoman Carrie Ferguson Weir proves it’s never too young to express Latino pride with her line of baby t-shirts. LatinaLista — Carrie Ferguson Weir spent all of her professional life asking the hard questions. As a daily newspaper journalist, this Cuban-American Latina was accustomed to asking the kinds of questions that force honest responses. However, [...]
Transforming Ordinary Business Owners into Extraordinary Entrepreneurs
Empowerment coach, Nancy Marmolejo, sells clients on recognizing and valuing their own strengths to achieve their greatest potential. Nancy Marmolejo LatinaLista — Entrepreneurialism is in Nancy Marmolejo’s blood. Having a father who loved being his own boss, and who put Nancy and her six brothers and sisters to work in the family businesses over the [...]
Crafting memories into memorable stories
Lupe Ruiz-Flores is a children’s book author who discovered it’s never too late to tell a good story. LatinaLista — Being a published writer was Lupe’s life-long dream. Growing up with little money, especially to buy such luxury items as books, Lupe’s earliest inspiration for storytelling was from listening to the stories her father [...]
