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A characteristics of “La Niña” is her desire to play and her sense of wonder over everything she sees, hears, smells, touches and tastes. The child appreciates all and has insatiable curiosity and a desire to learn.
This sense of wonder and play is a marvelous thing – we love to view it in children, [...]

As very young children, we learn by imitation. So we do what others teach us to do. And we learn to treat others – and ourselves! – in the ways that we see others do so.
This was key to Gina Ravera, this week’s interviewee, as she shared with us her memories of how her [...]

To all the Powerful Latinas out there (this means you!),
May all the joys, blessings and wonder of the New Year stay with you throughout all of 2009.
I look forward to your joining me on another part of our exciting journey.
Make this year the best one yet!
Con mucho cariño,
Aurelia

As Latina Leader Juana Bordas has shared with us, true leaders take time for self-reflection and learn more about themselves constantly.  They heal them-selves of past wounds and hurts so that they are better able to lead those around them with objectivity and kindness.
 
(Juana is founding CEO of the National Hispana Leadership Institute – [...]

To what extent do people outside our group choose our identities?  I read an article this past week about Obama and how people are now saying he’s not really black.  It’s interesting how people are deciding his identity for him, even outside of what he himself has declared. 
 
And I’m in the middle of reading [...]

This week I interviewed Stephanie Elizondo Griest, author of Mexican Enough, and we talked about identity on a number of levels.  In some cultures, including in the U.S., our culture can be ‘taken away’ from us.  I was struck by Stephanie’s commentary of the U.S. as a “graveyard of languages and cultures.”  Ouch!
 
However, Stephanie [...]