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Bien Hecho: Remembering Educator Harry P. Pachón

Mary Mata November 8, 2011

Educator Harry P. Pachón, Ph.D. died this week after battling complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 66. Pachón received his education in Southern California, his bachelor’s and Master’s at California State University of Los […]

600 Latino Youth Take Time To Think About Leadership

Mary Mata

A Word On “Illegal” Students: Infants Don’t Commit Crimes

Mary Mata November 7, 2011

Ñ: Put A Mustache On Your N

Mary Mata November 4, 2011

This video just plain made my day. You have to watch it all the way through. While we’ve written before about reasons people prefer not to pronounce things in Spanish, […]

Civil Rights Figures: Alice Cardona, 1930-2011

Mary Mata November 3, 2011

Born New York City 1930 to Puerto Rican parents, Alice Cardona spent the rest of her life advocating women’s and Latino’s rights. She began her career providing psychological support to […]

Bien Hecho: SACNAS, Helping Latinos Achieve In Science

Mary Mata November 1, 2011

In 1975 less than 1% of doctoral degrees in science were awarded to Latinos and Native Americans combined in the U.S.  Today that number has crept up to around 7%, […]

Eva Longoria Writes About Latina Entrepreneurs

Mary Mata October 31, 2011

Eva Longoria started her career as a model and actress, but over the past few years she’s become a notable Latino philanthropist and recently said she would be writing her […]