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During Women’s History Month, it’s important for us to reflect upon OUR history as Latina women – what roles our ancestors have played in the history of the U.S., as well as the world. Part of this history is the personal history of our families and ourselves. Our Personal History “History” can sound like such …

As we launch Women’s History Month, I want to encourage you to find out more about Latina women’s history. Toward that end, I would like to suggest some books for you to start your journey. This list is by no means exhaustive, so I’d love your comments with suggestions of other books you may know …

As I speak about leadership among Latinas, we have to discuss the pieces ramping up to leadership: healing and growth. I want to inspire Latinas to lead. I want us to push forward so that a large contingent of Latinas is ready and willing (!) to take the reins. At the same time, I know …

As Latinas, it behooves us to look at the trends and be ready for our own future, and to take on leadership roles in the country. Latinos Have the Fastest Population Growth Rate According to Census data, Latinos are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. This means that Latinos are proportionally becoming a …

Why do I do what I do? Why do I talk to powerful Latina women to hear their stories? Why do I research Latino statistics? Why do I present webinars, resources, and an online leadership program geared specifically toward Latina women? In short, why PowerfulLatinas.com? After a short sabbatical, I’m back with lots of energy …

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 …

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% …

When we look at how Latinos use or interact with media and technology, it’s interesting to me to see how the trends in our population show up. This month, as I pull certain statistics from marketing reports, I also note that, because these studies are done with an eye towards how to SELL to us, …

As Dr. Thelma Reyna pointed out in her post yesterday, the engagement of Latinos at the polls needs to change. Although our voting numbers are increasing, we can continue to do better. It is important to recognize where we’re doing well, and where we’re doing not so well. Get this: Over one third of the …

Although a voting district is, “the wide variety of small polling areas, such as election districts, precincts, or wards, that State and local governments create for the purpose of administering elections”, when discussing redistricting, people are referring to congressional districts. Every ten years, we have the census count, which gives us information on where people …