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Marcela Landres

Marcela Landres

A former Simon & Schuster editor, Marcela Landres is the author of the e-book How Editors Think. She specializes in helping Latinos get published. Continue reading »

Thelma Reyna, PHD.

She is the author of the newly-released book, The Heavens Weep for Us and Other Stories, a collection of her new short stories. Continue reading »

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This Month’s Book Picks

Book Cover:News for All the PeopleNews For All The People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media by Juan Gonzalez and Joseph Torres (Verso)
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Theme of the Month

December 2011:

Media & Technology

Latinos interact with media and technology differently than other groups. We’re early adopters, and tend to be more “social” online – no surprise, huh? We’ll be talking about how media and technology affect and influence our lives and our community.

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Happy New Year, Powerful Latinas!

Happy New Year, Powerful Latinas!

Posted in: Blog|By: Aurelia Flores

I can hardly believe I have been working on Powerful Latinas projects for the past 4 years as of this month! (The blog began in January 2008) As a reference both for myself and for you, I thought I would take some time during January to recap what all we’ve been doing for the past …

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Hispanic Internet Use

Hispanic Internet Use

Posted in: Blog, Latino Cultural Influences|By: Aurelia Flores

An interesting infographic () was released earlier this year that combined data from a Pew Hispanic Research study, IAB, Comscore, Facebook.com and eMarketer. The information shared was intriguing to me, and caused me to ask even further questions. In 2010, there were 30 million Hispanics online. Out of 50 million of us, total, that’s 60% …

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