Bien Hecho: Carmen Tafolla Is San Antonio’s First Poet Laureate
Bien Hecho: Carmen Tafolla Is San Antonio’s First Poet Laureate
Earlier this month, the city of San Antonio, Texas inaugurated its first Poet Laureate, UTSA scholar Dr. Carmen Tafolla. Tafolla, currently the university’s writer-in-residence for Children’s, Youth, and Transformative Literature was […]
Bien Hecho: First Latina General In Calif. National Guard
The California National Guard made history this week, when it promoted Col. Sylvia Crockett to the rank of brigadier general. Gen. Crockett is the first Latina to obtain this rank in the state’s National […]
NewsTaco Roundup: March 18 – 24, 2012
We had a great variety of cool stories for you this week on NewsTaco. My top pick was a piece examining the different ways we can get more Latinos to […]
Bien Hecho: White House Honors Latino Housing Counselors
This Thursday, March 1, the White House will honor Ruben Andrade Jr. and Stella Matadama as part of the administration’s Champions of Change initiative. This week, Andrade and Matadama will join […]
Bien Hecho: Latino Profs. Receive National Humanities Medal
Yesterday President Obama awarded the 2011 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal to a group of selected intellectuals, including UCLA professor Teofilo F. Ruiz, and Stanford professor Ramón Saldívar. The National […]
Bien Hecho: Teenage Scientist Named To Forbes List
While most 17-year-old high school kids are worried about passing their science courses, young prodigy Javier Fernández-Han could be teaching the classes. Recently named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list, Fernández-Han […]
Bien Hecho: LA Students Use Chicano Moratorium As Inspiration
On August 29, 1970 in East Los Angeles, a group of Chicanos got together in order to discuss how to best oppose the Vietnam War; included in the mix were […]
Bien Hecho: Latina Miss Deaf America Also Earning A PhD
Rachel Mazique is Miss Deaf America and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas at Austin. Originally from Illinois, she entered the pageant world at the behest of the Illinois Deaf Latino Association, who […]
Teen Is First Latina To Star In Tennessee’s Nutcracker Ballet
Alondra Gomez of Chattanooga, Tennessee may only be 14 years old, but she’s already making history in the state’s local ballet company as the first Latina to be cast in a major role. […]
Bien Hecho: Raúl Borbón, Activist And Educator
In late November, the Latino community of Pasadena, California lost an ardent and tireless advocate of immigrant and education rights, Raúl Borbón. After a yearlong battle with cancer, he passed […]
