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TWLC’s New B-F-F is Arianna Huffington!

Viviana Hurtado & Eva Longoria at NCLR Latinas' Brunch July 2011 Courtesy: The Wise Latina Club

This headline grabbed your attention, didn’t it? Actually, better than being Arianna’s B-F-F, the Huffington Post asked me to contribute to their newly launched HuffPost Latino Voices.  I’ll be joining other thought ”act” leaders such as the National Council of La  Read More...

Blogging to Stop Brutality: My More Magazine Interview with a Juárez Blogger

More Magazine-June 2011

I can’t remember when I started reading Judith Torrea’s blog, Ciudad Juárez: en la sombra del narcotráfico/Juárez: in the shadow of Drug Trafficking.  But once I started, I read and Torrea’s raw prose left my heart riddled with anger at failed  Read More...

Nominated for Blogs By Latina’s 2011 Best News / Politics Blog!

2011 Blogs by Latinas Awards

Have you ever wanted to strangle the next person who says, “Think positive, because positive energy will beget more positive energy” with the quartz that’s daintily dangling on a necklace around their neck? I would dig my hands deep into  Read More...

JLO & Marc Anthony: The Curse of the Successful Woman

JLo + Marc Anthony Courtesy: Getty Images

I’m a fan of Jennifer Lopez, as evidenced by the posts “J-LO: Gillette Gams of Gold“ and “Globe Is Golden, Lovely Ladies are Latinas” because she is one of the few women who looks like me (to be clear, I am  Read More...

Pulling NAHJ Back From the Brink

"Nuevas Tecnologías" Panel NAHJ 2011

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) is on the brink: NAHJ reported in December a $240 million dollar deficit for the year.  All of the full-time staff is being laid off. Officers declared the Orlando 2011 convention will be  Read More...

Blogging, Journalism, & the Law

No matter how burned out I feel by my frenetic-paced, all-in-one Wise Latina Club writer/editor/shooter/assignment desk manager/IT whiz/marketing expert, attending the annual National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ)  convention re-charges me, in large part because of the young, hungry reporters  Read More...

The Taming of the Social Space

After Nuevas Tecnologías Panel NAHJ 2011

I am a firm believer that this is the most exciting time to be a journalist despite the formidable obstacles, as I write in “Pulling NAHJ Back from the Brink”. I asked the audience of the panel I pitched and  Read More...

6 Minute Career Climb: You, Inc. Video

6 Minute Career Climb: You, Inc.

6 Minute Career Climb Tip of the Day: Never ask someone to be your mentor. In “6 Minute Career Climb: You, Inc.,” Time Warner exec Daisy Auger-Dominguez shares with TWLC’s Viviana Hurtado 2 career success essentials: the board of You, Inc.,  Read More...