Latina Moms | Daughters
You get married and the pounds suddenly start piling on. While you are pregnant, you put on more than the recommended weight. After the baby, it is hard to shed the extra padding. Whether you learn to love your body as it is or struggle in a permanent battle to slim down, it is not [...]
For Angelica Perez-Litwin, PhD, founder and CEO of ELLA Leadership Institute, there are no obstacles—only opportunities. “I don’t label my experiences as failures or obstacles. I have things that have worked out more than others,” said Dr. Perez-Litwin during our recent phone interview. “But I always make things work.” And that she does. She’s the force [...]
Every year, Mother’s Day strikes a special chord with both of us. While it gives us a chance to celebrate our daughters, it also reminds us that our children are still unequal in the eyes of our government. Our daughters, Catherine Pino and Ingrid Duran, have been together for close to a decade. They are [...]
In an entertainment world dominated by light-skinned Latinas, actress Zoe Saldana makes her mark in Hollywood playing diverse roles and showing off her fabulous sense of style. Saldana is Dominican and Puerto Rican and considers herself “una mujer negra”. The 34-year-old Queens native has been busy promoting her new movie Star Trek Into Darkness where [...]
Does anyone else hear the big clic when the Universe unlocks her abundance, when Diosito bathes you with goodness? That’s how I felt when I guest hosted NPR’s Tell Me More with Michel Martin when Michel was away. Read Related: What is a Latina? Maria Cardona Talks With AT&T’s Carmen Nava One of the many terrific stories I did was an interview [...]
If it’s tough to recap even a two or three day social media conference, imagine trying to do it with a five day event, filled with back to back speakers’ panels, lunches, mixers, red carpet events, movie premiers, art festivals and all-night celebrations. That’s what Hispanicize 2013 was, and then some! The beachside location—The Eden [...]
The ageless and unstoppable cuchi-cuchi dynamo, Charo does a show-stoppingly fabulous cover of Rihanna’s Don’t Stop the Music on Jerry Lewis’s MDA Telethon in 2009. And Charo is much more than an amazing entertainer—she recently spoke at the 2013 Hispanicize social media conference about her incredible business empire and empowering Latinas. She’s still got it! [...]
“Sofia Vergara is doing me right now,” says Latina legend Charo. The cuchi-cuchi-ing entertainer spoke at The Adelante Movement: The Wisdom of Latina Legends session at the Hispanicize social media conference in Miami last week. Really? Vergara has been criticized for taking the Latina stereotype too far in her role as the loud and animated [...]
Bella Thorne is changing the face of the child superstar. At only 15, she has a new record deal in the works, upcoming roles, and a ton of humanitarian work. We sat down with the part Cuban beauty and talked career, Latism, and fashion. Imagine being a Latina whose first language was Spanish, [...]
A recent Wall Street Journal article states that women spend 7.62 minutes applying makeup in the morning. That’s just not enough time to look super fabulous, right? But just because you’re rushed in the morning, it doesn’t mean you can’t look your best. I handpicked five beauty products that are easy and quick to apply for the woman-on-the-go. These beauties are practical [...]
