Topic by Category: Education

This week I’ve been hanging out with Laura Contreras Rowe, author of the book, Aim High: Extraordinary Stories of Hispanic and Latina Women. It’s interesting, because we both have a love of stories — especially those of Latina women! — and how we can learn from these stories and share them with others.
We share powerful [...]

Who is the oldest primary school pupil in the world?
That’s a trick question. You see, the person who used to claim that honor died in August 2009. Most likely, none of us in the United States knew him, and, in fact, most people in his own country—Kenya—didn’t know him either. His village, however, was well [...]

This past week has been an interesting one for me. Yes, it was my birthday, and that had me reflecting, but what was an even bigger learning experience for me was the health problems suffered by my dog, Lucky, and the insights I got from both my own and others’ reactions to the situation (including [...]

As we delve into the concept of learning, our money blogger Aurora Medina asks you to consider how much you spend toward the goal of true learning…
If you keep track of your monthly expenses and you separate those expenses into categories, I would love to know how much money you are allocating investing in [...]

For the month of January, we explored the theme of Know Yourself.  This is a core concept and foundational to the message behind Powerful Latinas. If we don’t create who we are, we allow others to manipulate those definitions. I saw a wonderful quote this past week, as follows:
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be [...]

Thelma Reyna, Ph.D., does a piece on a woman who has found her passion in improving education, first for her own child and now for all children in the Los Angeles schools. What can we learn from this woman’s work and her passion?
MATILDA VERA: “PARENT OF THE YEAR” WITH A PASSION FOR CHANGE
Starting when she [...]

We’re getting to know ourselves very well, and figuring out what moves us, motivates us and allows us to unleash our passion. This can be fun and exciting, and at times it can also feel like a lot of work!
How do we stay focused, motivated, and relaxed throughout it all?
Whenever we’re doing hard physical, mental [...]

We’ve been talking all month about the idea of “Finding Your Passion.”
And while I agree that you want to spend the majority of your time doing something that moves you, engages you, and is using your talents to their fullest purpose… Sometimes, it’s all about FUN!
Do you remember what you used to do as a [...]

Thanks to commercialized media, the word “passion” has sometimes taken on narrow definitions with connotations that are not always appropriate in polite company, or—thanks to Mel Gibson’s movie, “The Passion of Christ”—evoke intense religious emotions.
One of my favorite meanings of the word is “boundless enthusiasm,” the third most frequently used sense of the term, according [...]

Both perpetrators and victims often justify domestic violence in the name of love.
This is the month of Valentine’s Day, when we celebrate love and romance—and when our expectations of love can sometimes leave us gravely disappointed.
There are those who may be suffering because they’re not in a relationship and wish that they were; there [...]