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Latino Kids More Likely To Die In Car Crashes

Mary Mata June 8, 2011

A new campaign aims to help save Latino children, who tend to die more often during car crashes. The Buckle Up For Life, or Abróchate a la Vida campaign is funded […]

News Taco To Go: Latinos, College, Georgia & Gays

Mary Mata

Less Than 6 Million Latino Adults Have A College Degree

Mary Mata June 7, 2011

Bien Hecho: Latinitas Inspires Girls With Media, Tech

Mary Mata

Latinitas Magazine started off in 2002 as a way to help empower young Latinas with media and technology. By allowing young women to participate in school programs, teen internships, Saturday and […]

News Taco To Go: SB 1070, Beer, Volunteerism, Vintage Style

Mary Mata June 3, 2011

SB 1070 Author Russel Pearce To Be Recalled in Arizona Coors’ Message to Puerto Ricans: You’re All Drunks Volunteerism Essential to Success Of Latino Youth How To Wear Loud 1950s […]

Learning To Live Life En El Subjuntivo

Mary Mata June 2, 2011

My first encounter with el subjuntivo — that’s subjunctive, that crazy verb mood that causes Spanish students everywhere to tense up — was curious, confusing and somewhat embarrassing. Because we’ve all […]

Volunteerism Essential To The Success Of Latino Youth

Mary Mata

If you’re reading this, it’s likely you form part of  the massive cluster of former beneficiaries of student initiatives and scholarships that were developed by community-based Latino organizations such as […]