When I saw this video, Latina Role Model, by the artist Maya Escobar, it did for me what she intended:  Made me think hard about the ways I am seen and the ways I project …

My grandmother, a force not to be messed with, did not allow us to speak English inside her house. She wanted us to be bilingual and always said: “En la escuela ingles. En mi casa, …

I have dunked my body in the turquoise waters of the Caribbean and the Mediterranean. Moments of personal Bliss and “All is right with the World” that I look back to when I need a …

One of the things that I love about having two cultures is that I think it’s easier for me to add or change up traditions a bit.
For example, we no longer celebrate 3 Kings Day. …

One by one, each family arrives.   Some juggling diaper bags and babies, others carrying pies or cases of drinks.
Of course, they don’t knock.  There is no need.  They are my family which means this is …

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My father says that if you walked up to anyone in his tiny Cuban hometown and asked for El Manco, …

Do you have the Monday Morning Blahs? I confess that I do.
But I also have the perfect cure…

Happy Monday!

I got a press announcement recently about a new parenting book, and some very good tips from the author: “5 Ways to Raise a ‘Good Enough’ Child.”
Among them: Let your child have his true feelings: …

Corporate CEOs, marketers and advertisers are atwitter about reaching Latinos online. You probably already know the stats and the whys, but the most honest reason: Dinero.
We have it, they want it.
http://bit.ly/572em
And, in the interest of …

Genetically, I only am half-Cuban. Let me tell you how it shows: Start the Latin music and
my bottom and waist wiggle. All on their own. Then look at my feet. They likely are not
doing the …