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By Natalia Avilez– “Barriga llena corazón contento” is a Spanish proverb when translated means a full stomach, a happy heart. For celebrity, author and chef- Ingrid Hoffman, she has turned this metaphor into her reality. Hoffman, 44, started her entertainment career...

Brown kids in brochures

By Jenny Patiño– Latino students are looking for the same things other students look for in a college, according to Ana Maria Soto, the executive director of Latino Initiatives at National Louis University in Chicago. “They’re looking for value in their education–a...

Latinas struggling with weight

By Luz Garcia– Georgia Hernandez, 20, a student says she has an image in her head of what she should look like and when she sees herself in the mirror she feels she is overweight. “Sometimes I don’t feel attractive after I eat,” she said. “I don’t feel guilty...

Defying expectations

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...

“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...

Finding and following her love

By Benita Zepeda– One rainy afternoon, a young girl named Silvia was granted permission to play outside with her sisters. It was January 6, the Day of the Kings in Argentina, a holiday where she would spend time with her family and get many toys. Soaked in the heavy rain and...

Amelia’s choice

By Amalia Gonzalez– She picks up the phone every three days to call her three children. She dials the one hour calling card to dial the 800 number in the back. She dials her destination number and waits anticipating to listen to her children’s voice. She jumps excited as she...

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