Registering Young Latinos Key To Electoral Change In 2012

Registering Young Latinos Key To Electoral Change In 2012

Mary Mata March 7, 2012

By Paul M. Saldaña El Niño is a warm current of water creating change in the climate of the Pacific Ocean, while at the same time, hefty thunderstorms occur on the […]

How I Helped To Gentrify East LA

Mary Mata February 22, 2012

In the fall of 2005, I started working weekend nights as a doorman at a neighborhood bar called The Boulevard. In many ways, The Boulevard was ahead of its time […]

Through Film Ralph Lopez Tells Real Stories We Can Learn From

Mary Mata February 8, 2012

“Lilia” is a short film that was released last year directed and written by Sam Lerma and produced by Ralph Lopez. It’s a story that many of us can relate to, […]

East LA Gentrification: Not Even Subcomandante Marcos Is Safe

Mary Mata January 25, 2012

I am a prideful beast and sometimes I allow it to get the better of me. Sometimes I start one-sided rivalries after I feel I have received a raw deal. […]

What’s It Like To “Choose” Between Being Black Or Latino?

Mary Mata January 13, 2012

Mun2 TV created a very compelling video filled with interviews from afro-Latinos discussing their trials and tribulations with living in a world that tries to force them to “choose” between […]

How “Yo’ Momma’s So Fat” Jokes Made Me A Better Person

Mary Mata January 4, 2012

I think I grew up within the generation that had it socially tougher than my parents, but not as easy as our children. Sure, my parents had to cross a […]

My Mean Aunt Socorro Ruled With A Mix Of Fear And Shame

Mary Mata December 28, 2011

There is one person I always feared when I went to visit relatives in Mexico – my Aunt Socorro. She is married to my father’s brother, Rafael, and always insisted […]

Latino Men Are Always The Most Critical Of Me

Mary Mata November 18, 2011

The people that get most upset about what I write are almost always Latino men. I’m not stereotyping or exaggerating — this is simply a fact. Nearly all of the […]

Bien Hecho: SACNAS, Helping Latinos Achieve In Science

Mary Mata November 1, 2011

In 1975 less than 1% of doctoral degrees in science were awarded to Latinos and Native Americans combined in the U.S.  Today that number has crept up to around 7%, […]

Memoir About Learning To Live Beyond Stereotypes

Mary Mata October 20, 2011

Anna Maria Lopez De Leon’s first book, The Tortilla Children, is a powerfully evocative work that delves into her family’s history which spans centuries, continents, both old world  and new, […]