Jennine Capó Crucet, author of the celebrated short story collection "How to Leave Hialeah" and the exceptional novel "Make Your Home Among Strangers," is humble, modest, methodical and hilarious -and puts all of that into her work.
Chef Marcela Valladolid isn't your typical habanero girl. The San Diego and Tijuana raised culinary artist is not a fan of overbearing spice. However, she is a fan of the frequent use of chipotle chilies and pickled jalapenos, and putting her family first.
Jackie Cruz talks about her life outside of "Orange is the New Black." The world knows her as "Flaca" in Netflix's hit series "Orange Is the New Black," but actress Jackie Cruz wants you to know that she is more than just the character she plays in the series.
Brooklyn-born author Theresa Varela ("Nights of Indigo Blue" and "Covering the Sun With My Hand") took the scenic route to finding her identity as an author. A psychiatric nurse practitioner by day and an engrossed novelist by night, Varela's characters whisper to her, and inspire their own making.
Latinos are still over-indexing as a digital entertainment audience above other ethnic demographics and above the general population as a whole. But the study also shows the gap between leading digital Latinos, and everyone else, is starting to close.
The children of women convicted of murder, drug use/abuse or theft may not be incarcerated alongside their mothers, but unwittingly they're also being punished. The Girl Scouts Beyond Bars program offers to rebuild broken mother-daughter relationships, easing separation and empowering young women to manage feelings of anger and abandonment.
Suzan Colón, yoga instructor and author of inspirational memoir "Cherries in Winter," is a Manhattan girl through and through. Yet, her writing takes readers to myraid places.
What if a dating app had an approach that incorporated more transparency, more trust, and none of the swipe-through, throwaway hookup attitude, built-in to its core?
The holiday marking the continent's discovery - "Columbus Day" to most Americans and "Día de la Raza" in many Spanish-speaking nations - is increasingly being celebrated as "Indigenous Peoples Day" by jurisdictions across the United States.
A new national study offers an economic picture of Latino and African American nonprofit museums and performing arts companies, which suggests that donors often let weaker organizations perish, while allowing stronger ones to flourish.
If you thought Uber already won the battle for supremacy in taxi apps, think again. Spanish rival Cabify just finished a funding round that packed $12 million more in its war chest, which it seeks to use in order to expand into more Latin American cities.
Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" Velásquez, author and motivational speaker, was born with a rare congenital syndrome, which affects her heart, eyes and bones, as well as her ability to accumulate body fat. Despite physical imitations and ridicule she's received, including being called the "The World's Ugliest Woman," she's learned to rise.
On Thursday, Sony announced it was cutting the price of the PlayStation 4 by $50 to a new base price of about $350, bringing the cost of buying a PS4 down to the exact same level as Microsoft's Xbox One.
Yadhira Gonzalez-Taylor, attorney and author of "Martina Finds a Shiny Coin" and "Martina and the Wondrous Waterfall," uses her "bifurcated upbringing" to create stories that preserve and hearten Puerto Rican culture.
In effort to reach millennials, Telemundo announced that it is partnering with NBC News to produce coverage of the U.S. presidential election through a new digital multi-platform forum under a signature banner called #YODECIDO (I decide).
The Gabriela Mistral Foundation has announced the publication of the bilingual book "From Chile to the World: 70 years of Mistral's Nobel Prize/De Chile al Mundo: 70 años del Premio Nobel de Mistral" in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Gabriela Mistral's Nobel Prize in Literature.
Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. was noteworthy for several reasons, but the 'man of God' truly warmed hearts when he kissed a child with Down syndrome, filling the parents with hope. October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month, a time dedicated to discussing Down syndrome, its impact and prevalence rates in the Latino community.
Dominican and Puerto Rican New York City educator and acclaimed author Peggy Robles-Alvarado sets standards and defies odds. Her collections of poetry, "Conversations With My Skin" and "Homenaje a las guerreras" (Homage to the Warrior Women), which are heavily marked thoughts on identity, sensuality and spirituality, prove this.
The Eva Longoria-spearheaded non-partisan organization Latino Victory Project has launched the powerful and thoughtful #TheFirsts Campaign today, which seeks to honor and celebrate the achievements of Latino pioneers.
