LatinaLista — Though women have gone into space, enlist in the military, sit on the Supreme Court, head up Fortune 500 companies and have even run for president of the United States, women still get paid less than men for doing the same jobs. Nationally, women, overall, are paid 77 cents for every dollar paid [...]
Spanish edition of popular book provides bilingual path for writers-to-be to tap into their creativity
LatinaLista — Author/Illustrator Keri Smith isn’t anti technology — completely. She just feels that today’s oversupply of apps and web sites can suck the creativity out of a person’s mind. So, she’s been on a steady mission of “creating tools that activate people (instead of turning them in to passive users).” One of her first [...]
National health campaign pushes Healthy Mondays to reboot broken resolutions
LatinaLista — The start of any new year signals much more than a change in the date. It also signals a time when most people try to get their lives back into shape with resolutions. Unfortunately, while 45 percent will make a resolution for 2013, less than half will have kept it six months later, [...]
Trauma surgeon alerts New Year’s partygoers that drunk walking is as deadly as drunk driving
LatinaLista — According to Urban Dictionary, the phrase “Dead Man Walking” has multiple meanings — all meaning basically the same thing. Yet, one trauma surgeon is adding a new definition to the list. Dr. Thomas Esposito at Loyola University Health System in Maywood, Ill equates drunk walking with dead man walking. News reports of people [...]
Seven Boyle Heights Latina teens become empowered creating photo exhibit around saintly icon
LatinaLista — Visit any Mexican American community or family home and chances are there is a statue or portrait of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Catholic Mexicans. In fact, Our Lady of Guadalupe has reached such iconic status that her image has gone from church pedestals and home altars to pop art, t-shirts, [...]
Latina Cubicle Confidential™–What’s Your Game Plan for 2013?
By Dr. Maria G. Hernandez Latina Cubicle Confidential™ The New Year is just around the corner and it’s the season for resolutions. It may not be a formal process for you – simply committing to start doing something new or to stop doing things that hurt or hinder us. Resolutions are an important part of [...]
