LatinaLista Chef Denise Portillo shows it takes talent, perseverance and vision to overcome challenges on the way to creating a Bella (beautiful) business. Denise Portillo believes in doing what you love even if it comes with challenges – lots…
By Ana Maria Hanssen LatinaLista Mystery author Carolina Garcia-Aguilera creates an award-winning series based on the Golden Rule of writing — write what you know. For award-winning author Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, “in order to be a writer you have to…
Carolina Garcia-Aguilera LatinaLista (Author Carolina Garcia-Aguilera provides Latina Lista readers with a special overview of what her latest mystery, “Bloody Twist,” is all about — in her own words.) Bloody Twist is the seventh novel in the Lupe…
LatinaLista — In these economic times, it makes sense that mortgage companies would want to make doubly sure that people can financially afford the house of their dreams at the time they’re buying it. Yet, some mortgage companies have…
LatinaLista — On Thursday, August 26, some women around the country celebrated Women’s Equality Day in honor of the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote. The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by Congress…
By Ana-Luisa Gallo LatinaLista When — till death do us part — no longer fits the matrimonial equation, you ought to be sure your finances are in order before you walk OUT of the marriage. Experts in the field…
LatinaLista — The U.S. Labor Department reported that more states posted rising jobless rates than in the previous month. In addition to meaning that there are a lot more people out of work, it also means that there are…
By Saul Hernandez La Prensa de San Antonio.- Norma Cantu, professor and ardent advocate of education, is also an author and grand contributor to literature. Her education was the key to her success and she demonstrates it proudly carrying…
By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista VENEZUELA: “The Guardians of Chávez” is the name of a very controversial documentary produced and made by Spanish journalist Jon Sistaga, who also covered the American invasion of Baghdad and is ranked by Gallup as…
LatinaLista — When it comes to the childcare arrangement of preschoolers these days, it seems fathers or grandparents are the most likely to be found tucking kids in at naptime. In the new U.S. Census report Who’s Minding the Kids?…
By Martha Ramos LatinaLista MEXICO: I think if everything looks terrible for us here, it should be worse reading it in US newspapers!! Well, 200 years ago we were in war for independence. 100 years ago we were in…
LatinaLista — According to the report F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2010 released in June by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, obesity is more prevalent among Blacks and Latinos across the country. Thanks to…
LatinaLista — As women make more inroads in the political system of this country and are changing their communities for the better, it’s clear women are becoming more empowered to make a difference — all over the world. Individual…
LatinaLista — Approximately 50 percent of all pregnancies among Latinas are unintended, according to research gathered by the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health. Statistics on teen births showing that more Latina teens become mothers than their peers just…
LatinaLista — It seems that for all those parents who want to keep their little girls little girls, for as long as possible, that job just got a lot harder. A new study about girls starting puberty, published in…
By NHLI Staff LatinaLista Integrating herself into Washington’s political scene, Sindy Benavides, director of community outreach and voting for the Democratic National Committee, never forgets her commitment to the Latino community. For those who know her and have been…
LatinaLista — Human trafficking is the pipeline for today’s slave trade. Through movies, the public has learned that human trafficking is more than just sexual exploitation of women and young girls. It also involves the forced labor, with no…
LatinaLista — Between 2001-2007, over 10,000 children died from child abuse or neglect, according to an October 2009 report titled “We can do better: Child Abuse and Neglect Deaths in America” issued by the Every Child Matters Education Fund. The…
LatinaLista — With Democrats and Republicans seemingly at each other’s throats all the time, it’s hard to imagine that they can come together for any issue — but thankfully they have. A bipartisan bill was introduced on February 4,…
LatinaLista — There are over 63,000 women in state and federal prisons. Of these women, 80 percent are mothers who will reunite with their children being their main caregiver once they’re released from prison. Unfortunately, many of these women…
LatinaLista — The U.S. Census reports that minority businesses grew faster at more than twice the national rate between 2002-2007, with women-owned businesses increasing at about 20 percent during the same period. Yet, an interesting sidebar is that among…
LatinaLista — The horror stories of what happens to women who are illegally in the United States are the kinds of stories that evoke both sympathy and rebuke for the women. Sympathy for having to endure such torture and…
LatinaLista — It’s only taken negotiations spanning two different centuries for the United Nations to finally realize that a separate department solely focused on championing the rights and welfare of the world’s women and girls was needed. So, this…
LatinaLista — The Latina teen pregnancy rate has long been a dismal statistic for the Latino community. In fact, the problem — 52 percent of Latinas get pregnant before the age of 20 — is of such enormous magnitude…
LatinaLista– Dr. Carlos Cuevas is an assistant professor at Northeastern University in Boston. He’s dedicated his professional life to studying the psychological impact of victimization and trauma, sexual abuse and sex offending and family violence. Being Latino, he…
