Bien Hecho: Margarita Muñiz, Pioneer In Boston Bilingual Education

Margarita Muñiz was a devoted educator with a mission, making bilingual learning her top priority. After teaching ESL in the Boston area for several years, Muñiz became the founding principal […]

Late last month Dr. David L.S. Morales, pediatric cardiovascular surgeon at Texas Children’s Heart Center helped save one teenager’s life when he and his team successfully implanted a new heart […]

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 […]

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%, […]

Earlier this month 22 year-old Paola Longoria of San Luis Potosi, Mexico won the US Open Racquetball Championship, beating the #1 female player in the world Rhonda Rajsich, and earning her […]

Part of what has been called the “Greatest Generation,” 87-year-old Texas native Abelardo R. Navarrette was inducted into the 35th Infantry Division Hall of Fame in Kansas City, Missouri earlier […]

Next month, Mexican-American mathematics professor Richard Tapia will receive the country’s most prestigious awards for scientists, National Medal of Science.  He’ll accept the award from President Obama himself, an honor […]

As a Latina who enjoys boxing and martial arts in general myself, I have to give mad props to two Latina boxers recently featured on CNN. Cristina Cruz of New […]

Redistricting was a big part of our coverage early this week, we had a story about how a Latino Republican seems to have lied about his role in the redistricting […]

There’s an amazing story out of San Antonio about a woman who cannot walk, but yet recently was licensed to be a Zumba instructor. Cortina Gutierrez, 32, suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta […]