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Puppets and Peers for Latino Obesity Prevention

Mary Mata March 13, 2013

By Salud Today Check out this great video about the Hispanic Health Council’s (HHC) comprehensive approach to the prevention of childhood obesity, through promoting healthy eating physical activity and access to healthy […]

Latino Students Attending Increasingly Segregated Schools in Virginia

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School Social Worker & Photog Give Undoc Students Voice

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Psychiatric Research of Immigrants Under Microscope

Mary Mata March 12, 2013

By Jim Shelton, New Haven Register NEW HAVEN — The Yale University psychiatrist at the heart of a recent controversy over teaching interviewing techniques to soldiers is embroiled in a […]

Latinos at University of Minnesota Struggle Finding Community

Mary Mata March 11, 2013

By Meghan Holden, Minnesota Daily For Lila Downs, being a Latina at the University of Minnesota wasn’t easy. The recent Grammy winner and 1992 University alumna said her experience during […]

Closing the Digital Divide: Latinos and Technology Adoption

Mary Mata March 7, 2013

PRESS RELEASE Latinos own smartphones, go online from a mobile device and use social networking sites at similar, and sometimes higher, rates than do other groups of Americans, according to […]

Latinos Shifting Black-White Paradigm in Memphis Schools

Mary Mata

By Stan Washington, New America Media MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Hispanic parents in this city care about the education of their children just as much as any other ethnic group, declared one […]