Because everybody loves a tough Latin mami story, here’s a profile in the New York Times about the life of Celina Baez, the Puerto Rican immigrant whose daughter, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, is a nominee for the Supreme Court.

“As a schoolgirl, Celina Baez told friends, she and her four siblings had only one pencil to share; it was guarded by her parents and doled out carefully. She memorized her lessons by pretending to teach them to the trees behind her modest home, assigning a pupil’s name to each one and wielding a stick as a pointer.”

 

Another Latin mami, Thalia, returns to the tele to host a children’s show, Las aventuras de eebee, on V-me. The show, based on a children’s product line, is scheduled for the 2009-2010 season.  From HispanicAd.com: “Las aventuras de eebee, features superstar mom Thalia as she interacts with eebee – “the baby’s baby” – in entertaining vignettes that help parents of infants aged 6 months and up transform everyday moments into learning that lasts.”

We guess some Latin papis will hang around to watch that show too, for the baby’s sake, you know.

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And guess who is getting even more Gigantic? Si, El Nuevo Sabado Gigante. Mas Don Francisco. Ay! Univision also recently announced it is launching “Viva el Sueño!’‘ — a competition among Latino singers desireous of fame, fortuna y gloria. Thirteen weeks of “ay, ay, a-yay!” Que rico. Maybe. Viewers will get to determine the winner. Wonder if we will meet the Latina Susan Boyle?