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I write about strong girls, no apologies here. It doesn’t matter what anybody tells me about how boys read stories with main characters that are male. How sad for them, I think. Maybe what they need is to meet a gutsy Latina on the page to make them forget all that silliness. Besides, I’m after …

I’m the author in my family, but the truth is that no one I’ve ever met was a better storyteller than my grandmother, Benita Metauten. She left school after the eighth grade and rolled cigars in rural Cuba until she married. By the time she died at the age of 99, she had weathered the …

Children are our future – in a very real way. And Latino children are the country’s future. So the issues for Latino children, and how we address them or fail to, will have important consequences for the direction of the U.S. As a mother, I feel the issues that are important to MY child. And …

In our last post, we talked about how Latinos have fared since the Recession, the categories of jobs we find ourselves in, and industries into which we need to venture more… Here is some more food for thought, and I’d love to hear your feedback! Public vs Private Sector Interestingly, the U.S. Department of Labor …

As we wrap up our theme of the month on Latinos in the Labor Force, it’s important we keep ourselves and our community in perspective within the greater whole. Within the U.S., we’re recovering from the greatest economic recession of our lifetime. This has had a great impact upon Latinos as a part of the …

You Don’t Have a Clue: Latino Mystery Stories for Teens by Sarah Cortez (Pinata Books)
Raising Nuestros Ninos: Bringing Up Latino Children in a Bicultural World by Gloria Rodriguez (Fireside)

by Anonymous Intro by Aurelia:  A friend of mine, who wishes to remain anonymous, is currently a professional Latina with a demanding job and multiple family responsibilities. However, she enlisted in the Marine Corps and spent 6 years in the service as a young woman over 20 years ago. She wrote the below letter to …

Saludos! I am Anna, currently an Intern for Powerful Latinas during my senior year of high school. During the course of my internship I was able to attend the Annual Latino Film Festival with the M.E.Ch.A. club at school. I mentioned it to Ms. Flores, and she asked me to write up an article about …

The statistics that Aurelia Flores cites in Powerful Latinas regarding Latinas/os in the American work force are striking indeed. Our society is increasingly complex, and—because of our increasing numbers in the general population—it’s inevitable that Latinas/os will be working longer work weeks with the passage of years, as they represent more and more of the …

As Latinas, we have unique challenges that confront us in the workplace.  Some of these may ring true for you, and some of them may not, but as Latinas, we often face conundrums in our professional lives that we must figure out how to address and overcome. For example, for many of us, having a …