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When we learn that 1) we don’t have to internalize others’ actions, and that 2) what others do don’t necessarily have anything to do with us, we may then think that we don’t have any responsibility for the way we act and how others take it.
I could write a BOOK on [...]

From Contributing Blogger, Thelma Reyna, Ph.D.
Carol was 68 when she died in Duarte, California, a few weeks ago. Her body was riddled with cancer, and she was in a wheelchair. Her last years of life had been extraordinarily difficult.
Before the cancer, Carol’s activities had been circumscribed by other illnesses, including bronchial asthma. [...]

A spicy dinner, red balloons, roses, sexy music and chocolate-covered strawberries, love is definitely in air. February is the month where the cherubic winged-little person works overtime… and so do the chocolate factories.
The day is February 14 (or Dia de los Novios) and on this day Latinos are expressing their love for each other. It [...]

Latina Mastermind Groups?
Meeting 2010 Goals?
Networking through the power of the internet with Latinas nationwide!
Working with others to stay GROUNDED in your personal power!
If any of these ideas sound interesting to you, I would strongly encourage you to check out the new and exciting program that PowerfulLatinas.com is launching. I’ve been working [...]

This week we celebrate Thanksgiving and for many of us, one of the things for which to be most thankful is family, especially our hermanas.
As writers, family, especially our sisters or women who we think of as sisters, can often form the basis for some very powerful stories. As Latino writers, incorporating such themes [...]

Maegan “la Mamita Mala” Ortiz gives voice to what she has been typing on her blogs for years: the intersection of Latina politics, identity and culture. Born and bred in Queens, NYC, La Mala grew her activist wings at age 17 with under the guidance of her mentor Richie Perez in the Justice committee of the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights.

As a doctoral student at Stanford, and later as a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories and NASA Ames Research Center, Dr. Ochoa investigated optical systems for performing information processing.

Adriana E. Manzi, Ph.D. has over 25 years of experience in biomolecules R&D. She is President and Principal Consultant of Manzi & Associates where her consulting work has spun the areas of recombinant proteins, dendritic cell vaccines, biosimilars, analytical methods, CMC, and selection and management of CMOs.

Dr. Cifuentes, a Ph.D. in Seismology, and former Director of the Carnegie Academy for Science Education (CASE) won the 2008 Hispanic Heritage Award for Math and Science in recognition of her role in creating CASE. Now at the American Geophysical Union, Ines won the 2006 National Hispanic Scientist of the Year award from the Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa, Florida.

Diversity has always surrounded Marina La Grave. Her immediate roots are in Venezuela, France, and Brazil, while her extended family traces its line to Guatemala, Italy, Lebanon, Spain, and Canada. Growing up in Venezuela, she learned Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, and English.