The Latino Inventor of Fritos That No One Remembers

The Latino Inventor of Fritos That No One Remembers

Mary Mata July 24, 2013

By Eduardo Diaz, Smithsonian Latino Center Innovation is, among other things, the act of introducing something new. In 1932, with this country in the throes of the Great Depression, a […]

Ingenuity, Invention and Innovation — from a Latino optic

Mary Mata June 10, 2013

By Eduardo Diaz, Smithsonian Latino Center The Arts and Industries Building is that grand one located just east of the iconic Smithsonian Castle, on the National Mall. It’s been shuttered […]

Obama’s 2nd-term Education Agenda: Where Do Latinos Fit?

Mary Mata January 31, 2013

By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny, Huffington Post Latino Voices Amidst all of the election-year sniping, education reform never became a major issue in the 2012 presidential campaign. Even though both candidates released […]

What Chicanos Can Learn From Steve Jobs in a New Era

Mary Mata December 27, 2012

By DeeDee Garcia Blase, Huffington Post Latino Voices December 21, 2012, is a thing of the past now. We survived the end of the world even though some predicted it would end, […]

Bien Hecho: Teenage Scientist Named To Forbes List

Mary Mata January 31, 2012

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 […]

Valet Parking Gets High Tech With Flash Valet

Mary Mata October 5, 2011

Eliseo Diaz and Juan Rodriguez were just two normal guys — entrepreneurs, mind you, but normal guys nonetheless — who were living out their lives in Austin, Texas earlier this […]