Latina Voices » 2010

By Angelica Jimenez– Maria Cardenas leads a full life-she juggles four different jobs, a serious relationship, social commitments with a multitude of friends and raises six cats-but children are not a part of this picture. Cardenas, 47, is one of a minority of Latinas who have...

One poet who won’t be boxed in

By Jenny Patiño – According to Cuban-American poet Rita María Martínez, if you attend one of her readings “expecting that every poem is going to have coconuts in it, or mangos, or that every poem is going to be an exile poem then you are going to be disappointed.” But...

Shaping her own destiny

By Amalia Gonzalez and Jenny Patiño – Walking into Panaderia/Tortilleria Nuevo Leon, you can find Marisa Morado working behind the counter, bagging delicious sweet bread and ringing up customers. She grew up in Pilsen, a predominantly Mexican neighborhood of Chicago and now...

Improving Latino mental health services

By Angelica Jimenez– Dr. Virginia Quiñonez’s office sits on the fourth floor of the Merchandise Mart and is adorned with brightly colored flowers, zarapes draped over the bookshelves, and a Diego Rivera painting framed on her wall. Quiñonez is petite compared to the stacks...

Latin American Queens of Entertainment

By Amalia Gonzalez– Four girls from different social classes become friends after going to high school together. Telenovelas about social issues and friendship, involving teenagers as they journey through high school are very popular. Throughout the years Televisa from Mexico...

“Welcome to McDonald’s, may I take y

By Mariela Quintuna– We’ve all heard this greeting when entering a McDonald’s restaurant or drive-thru. However, Laura Mendez, 29, has become one of many successful Latinas to achieve in the business world. She comes from a Puerto Rican background and has parents that...

Cost of citizenship

By Angelica Jimenez– Jose Gonzalez, an immigrant from Mexico, became a U.S. citizen in 1997. For Jose and his wife, Adela, the journey to U.S. citizenship was possible because the costs weren’t as high and the requirements not as strict as they are today. Immigration officials...

A “modern” twist on stereoty

By Benita Zepeda– Stereotyping someone based on their race and ethnicity can be hurtful to those at the punch line of the joke, but as a Latina, I have found a television show that has completely recreated the way racism is viewed in mainstream media. The television show “Modern...

12 stereotypes

By Luz Garcia– There is not enough variety in Spanish-speaking television; it seems they only transmit news and overrated telenovelas. In efforts to make TV more entertaining, I believe, stations like Univision and Telemundo create game shows like “Sabado Gigante” for example. There...

Low riders get higher

By Annabel Garcia– George Lopez has been successfully doing stand up for quite some time now. However, it is only recently that he has started his own talk show on TBS. The set up of the show is his classic stand-up at the beginning, and interviews with some famous people. Lopez...

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