Latina Bombshells Revisited: The Miracle Of Salma Hayek

Latina Bombshells Revisited: The Miracle Of Salma Hayek

Mary Mata June 21, 2012

From the textmex obsessed imagination of William A. Nericcio One of the hardest chapters to write in Tex[t]-Mex was the one on Lupe Vélez (you may need to be logged into a gmail account to […]

Hispanic Women: Smarter Shoppers Than Other Groups

Mary Mata June 14, 2012

By Adriana Villavicencio, Being Latino Latinas: Are you good at finding the best deals? Do you wait until you can buy something on sale? Do you research promotions and coupons […]

America Ferrera Heads Campaign To Mobilize Latino Voters

Mary Mata June 1, 2012

By Griselda Nevárez, Voxxi In 1994, America Ferrera was 9 years old living in Los Angeles when California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 187. The law, which was later ruled unconstitutional by a […]

Violence Against Women Act: A Human Face

Mary Mata May 28, 2012

By Carlos Sanchez, Voxxi Although she lived with fear, this 42-year old mother took the final step in an abusive relationship by calling police. She had arrived in the U.S. […]

Crushing College Dreams

Mary Mata May 21, 2012

By Marc Morial, Other Words As graduation season swings into high gear, a new economic crisis confronts thousands of this year’s high school and college grads — crushing college student […]

I’m 16, Ran Off With My Boyfriend, But I Want to Go Home

NewsTaco May 3, 2012

By Martha Saenz Dear Martha, I’m 16 years old and 10 months ago I moved in with my 20 year old boyfriend. My parents are very angry for what I […]

Bien Hecho: Music, A Life Mission For Maestra De Léon de Vega

Mary Mata May 1, 2012

By Susna G. Baumann, Voxxi In a male-dominated occupation, Maestra Sonia Marie De Léon de Vega not only has achieved distinction and admiration as a female symphony conductor and music […]

Latinos Leading The Smartphone Revolution

Mary Mata April 30, 2012

By Kristian Ramos, Latinovations My tia received an I-Pad last Christmas which, of course, led to my abuela and 7 year old prima fighting over the toy. My abuela has […]

Fabulous Latinas Defy Stereotypes

Mary Mata

By Paloma Corredor, Voxxi Being Latina is cool and trendy. Just look at Jennifer Lopez, Penélope Cruz and María Elena Salinas. Latinas are creative, powerful and strong, right? Not exactly, if we […]

The Emergence Of The Political Eva Longoria

Mary Mata April 23, 2012

By Tony Castro, Voxxi When Eva Longoria was unveiled as one of co-chairs of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, the reaction among the national press corps was the usual rolling of the […]