LatinaLista — Benita Veliz, Benny to her friends, is a 23-year-old college graduate — graduated Valedictorian from her San Antonio, Texas high school class and got a full scholarship to St. Mary’s University where she double-majored in biology and sociology — and wants to go to law school. Benita Veliz The only problem is Benita [...]
NCLR goes viral to get the message out of who they are
LatinaLista — Ever since some clueless politician had the audacity to equate the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) with the KKK, NCLR has been trying to get the message out as to what it is they exactly do. They’ve decided that the best way to get the message out is to go, how else, [...]
Hispanic movie bloggers wanted for blog study — it pays too!
LatinaLista — Do you like watching movies? Do you like to blog? Would you like to get paid for doing both? Source: media.filmschoolrejects.com) Well, if you can combine these two then there’s hope that you might be one of 25 movie bloggers for a new 4-day blogging exercise conducted by a New York-based research group. [...]
Latino bloggers ask Speaker Pelosi to clarify remarks on citizenship for undocumented immigrants
LatinaLista — At this stage of the election game, there’s no disputing that Obama, a.k.a. the Democratic Party, is enjoying unrivaled support from the Latino community. A Pew Hispanic study back in July (2008) showed that Obama enjoyed the support of 66 percent of Hispanic voters versus 23 percent for McCain. It’s natural to assume [...]
Hispanic media takes notice of Latina/o bloggers
LatinaLista — While Latino bloggers have struggled to get noticed by the mainstream press, Hispanic media is only now discovering Latino bloggers as well. As proof of this, Latina Lista has had the good fortune of being featured recently in two premier Hispanic publications — Hispanic magazine and Hispanic Business. Read what they had to [...]
New scholarship just for student bloggers
LatinaLista — If you are a struggling college student who gets your nourishment from the passion you pour into your own blog site, then there’s a chance that you could actually buy some real food. It seems that the folks at College Scholarships.org thought it was high-time to create The Blogging Scholarship. As they explain [...]
