Fitness: Build Muscle Anywhere with a Resistance Band
Can’t make it to the gym? Take it with you! Resistance bands are lightweight and fit easily in your purse for a total body workout anytime, anywhere. Elastic strips designed to help More »
Salud: Angelina Jolie’s Medical Decision and a Latina Guide to Breast Health
Latinas should learn from Angelina Jolie’s decision to undergo a double mastectomy because of a high chance of developing cancer due to her family history which she reveals in a recent op-ed piece in the New York Times. The More »
Immigration Markup: TWLC’s Viviana Hurtado on MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts Show
What happens when Senators tack on 300+ amendments to the immigration bill? You have a lengthy mark-up process that continues for weeks. This is a good thing. The so-called Gang of Eight More »
Education: Code Switching and Cultural Identity in the Classroom
A former co-worker of mine used to tell a story about how his father forced him to wear a suit on move-in day of his freshman year of college. It was 2004. More »
UPDATE: Re-published in HuffPo! Latino IQ Quiz: Does the GOP Hate Hispanics? a) Yes b) No c) Maybe d) Can You Repeat?
This rhetorical question has a clear answer in my head–no. But the rhetoric during last year’s Republican primaries and the election, as well as Congress’ current immigration bill debate, is sending a message to Latinos More »
Meatless Monday: Spinach and Mushroom Crêpes
When you cook healthy food, you eat healthy food. I invest in my students’ health by teaching them to make nutritious and sabroso meals. ¿What’s on the menu in my classroom? Crêpes! (Mais oui!–But of More »
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TWLC’s Viviana Hurtado Talks about “You, Inc.” on CNN en Español’s Notimujer
November 10, 2011
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CNN en Español‘s show devoted to women’s issues–Notimujer–asked me to speak about advancing at work by assembling the board of “You, Inc.” after following this blog, especially the career segment 6 Minute Career Climb. This concept models after Fortune 500 Read More...
UPDATED! Civics Clase: Your Race, My Race Vlog
November 8, 2011
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Updated with Election Results: Voters on Tuesday sent a clear message largely rejecting a conservative agenda, but didn’t lurch to the left. In the races we were watching, Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce, the architect of the restrictive immigration law Read More...
Please Vote for The Wise Latina Club as LATISM’s 2011 Best Political Blogger Today!
October 28, 2011
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The last day to vote for The Wise Latina Club and yours truly as Latinos in Social Media (LATISM)’s 2011 Best Political Blogger is this Sunday, October 30th. LATISM has been called one of the most influential online movements that Read More...
“Slut Walks” & Flat Taxes: TWLC’s Viviana Hurtado on NPR’s Tell Me More with Michel Martin
October 28, 2011
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Oh yeah! When the topics are this varied, you know you’ve entered the “Beauty Shop” where women thought leaders chat on NPR’s Tell Me More with Michel Martin about the hottest political, economic, and social issues. Click here to listen Read More...
Special Guest Post! Knowledge Conquers Fear: October is Spina Bifida Awareness Month
October 26, 2011
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This is a first for The Wise Latina Club. I’ve teamed up with two Wonder Women–Charlie’s Angels, make that Carlos’ Ángeles–to spotlight spina bifida, the most common permanently disabling birth defect in the U.S. It occurs when the baby’s spine Read More...
¡Nominated as LATISM’s 2011 Best Political Blogger!
October 21, 2011
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As some of you know from last week’s post which details the high of my nomination which came during the low of Yellow’s death, my jaw dropped when I found out someone nominated The Wise Latina Club and I as Latinos in Social Read More...
Named Latina Magazine’s Political Contributor: 10 Things Every Latina Should Know About Occupy Wall Street
October 21, 2011
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I have been reading Latina Magazine since the days of the original white font, JLO first and subsequent covers. So you can imagine how over the moon I was to be named Latina.com’s (the mag’s website) political contributor ahead of the Read More...
Song of Big Yellow
October 14, 2011
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The last few months have been tough since Yellow was diagnosed with a terminal sarcoma cancer, the latest in his smörgåsbord of illnesses that were literally eating away at the body, but not the big, nobel heart of my Golden Read More...