LatinaLista — What do you get when you ask some successful Latinas their professional insights on subjects near and dear to their hearts? In this case, you get a new E-book titled The New Latina Guide to a Fabulous 2011 Year! The brainchild of New Latina founder, Angelica Perez-Litwin, the e-book features inspirational insights and [...]
Creating a new life doesn’t mean changing your name
By Lisa Lopez LatinaLista The book “My Name is Jorge: On Both Sides of the River” by Jane Medina is a vivid portrait of a young boy’s personal experience in a new country. Through bilingual poetic prose, the author manages to capture the constant struggles a Mexican family endures while crossing over the Rio Grande [...]
A young girl brings her dreams across the border
By Lisa Lopez LatinaLista Jane Medina’s “The Dream on Blanca’s Wall” is an outstanding bilingual collection of poems from Blanca’s point of view. Similarly to Medina’s previous notable book “My Name is Jorge”, this poetic collection presents the female perspective on the universal struggles to fit into a new society and country. Blanca is a [...]
Unleashing the magic of a child’s imagination
By Martha Rico LatinaLista Benjamin, Daniel and Alejandra love spending time with their abuelos at their farm on the weekends. They especially look forward to Grandpa’s special breakfasts and working together outdoors doing chores. On one particular visit, Benjamin claims to see something on the burnt tortilla Grandpa Luis serves him. He says it is [...]
Ricky Martin: A Humble Artist with a Passion for Music
By Angela Villanueva LatinaLista.net Enrique Martin Morales or Ricky Martin, as most of us know him, has always been a very private man. Constantly battling rumors that he was gay, he would always respond with a “no comment” when posed the question. If pressed, he would simply say it was a private matter. The public [...]
A young athlete’s dream turns into Olympic Gold
By Alma Ramos-McDermott LatinaLista How does a poor Mexican-American kid pull himself out of the slums to win a 2006 Beijing Olympic gold medal in freestyle wrestling? In bold, descriptive language, Henry Cejudo tells his story in the book “American Victory,” published by Penguin Books. In the autobiography, Henry shares memories of his alcoholic father [...]