Every Day is Magic: Ada Limón
In her 2015 collection, Bright Dead Things, a National Book Award finalist for poetry, Ada Limón writes of moving to Kentucky: “Confession: I did not want to live here.” It’s perhaps not a surprising sentiment coming from a coastally oriented person who was raised in Northern California, attended college in Seattle, and then spent over a decade in New York City.
But Limón and her husband, Lucas, have been in Lexington for seven years now and the effects of settling into this place are noticeable in her new book, The Carrying (Milkweed, Aug.). It’s a phenomenally lively and attentive collection replete with the trappings of living a little closer to nature. While Bright Dead Things is marked by a preponderance of light, such as images of fireflies and neon signs, The Carrying features numerous appearances by various trees, birds, and beetles. Limón also demonstrates a greater willingness to be explicit in naming colors, particularly green. “It’s crazy green, the whole book,” she says. “Lexington is the greenest place I’ve ever lived.” Similarly, where in Bright Dead Things, Limón tells a lot of stories and anecdotes, in The Carrying she is very present in her thoughts and experiences.
As it turns out, these shifts in focus have another, altogether unexpected source. While putting Bright Dead Things together, Limón was diagnosed with chronic vestibular neuronitis, which can cause bouts of vertigo. “If I’m really having vertigo, it’s pretty intense and I really have to focus,”
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Mexican and American: The challenges of belonging to two cultures
Fourteen years ago, Maria del Rosario Jasso from Coahuila, Mexico, realized her dream of moving to the United States with her husband and son. The couple had three more children after moving to the states and had to face an unexpected challenge: teaching their children Spanish and Mexican culture while residing in the United States.
Mexicans are the largest group of immigrants in the United States. Mexican immigrants to the U.S. added up to 11.4 million in 2008 (30.1 percent of the immigrants in the country), which meant about 10 percent of the Mexicans in the world, according to migrationpolicy.org…
RISE program at NMSU aims to expand minority participation in STEM fields
LAS CRUCES >> Women don’t belong in science. That’s what Lydia Villa-Komaroff was told growing up. She didn’t listen. Villa-Komaroff, who grew up in Santa Fe, was among the first Mexican-American women to complete a doctorate in cell biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a scientist who made critical breakthroughs in diabetes research. This month, she joined other well-known researchers to encourage hundreds of students at New Mexico State University to pursue careers in STEM fields…
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Former Marine and Self-Described ‘Proud Mexican American’ Finally Finds His Way to Career of His Dreams
CLAREMONT, Calif., July 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Pharmacy is not Antonio Silva’s first career, but he is certain it will be his last. In the past, the 34-year-old Riverside, California, resident has served in the U.S. Marine Corps and owned and operated his own small business. However, he could never forget what he was really passionate about―science, medicine and, most importantly, helping sick people feel better…
Decoding ethnic labels
If you are of Latin American descent, do you call yourself Chicano? Latino? Hispanic?
As an undergraduate at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Carlos Hipolito-Delgado, PhD, knew instinctively that the ethnic labels his fellow students chose said something about their perception of themselves and their values.
“There was a very clear understanding that if you identified as a member of one group, you were not a member of the other groups,” Hipolito-Delgado said. “If you called yourself Hispanic or Latino, then…
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Mexican American Baseball in the Pomona Valley
VL Ruiz
At all levels of ball, including youth, collegiate, adult, women, professional, and
military, baseball had a political side. The elders made sure of it. … society. 9 MExICAN
AMERICAN BASEBALL IN THE POMONA VALLEY Page 10. …
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Chuck Ramirez: Outsider Objects
Chuck Ramirez, a graphic designer for H-E-B, a Texas-based grocery store chain, spent his workdays communicating ideas through the products he promoted in glossy advertisements and posters. His professional career undoubtedly influenced his artistic endeavors, which revolved around producing images of everyday objects. He often photographed his subjects out of context, isolated against a stark white background, thereby provoking the viewer to reexamine them. What was it about coconuts, grocery bags, pillboxes, piñatas, raw meat, wilted flowers, and worn brooms that enthralled Ramirez?…
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The Formation of Mexican-American Understanding of Virginity
C Prechtel – 2014
… Social Sciences College of Arts and Sciences 5-2014 The Formation of Mexican-American
Understandings of Virginity Catherine Prechtel Pacific University … Social Sciences. Paper 29.
Page 2. The Formation of Mexican-American Understandings of Virginity …
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The Fluffy Movie
By Kurt Jensen
Catholic News Service
NEW YORK (CNS) — Like Bill Cosby, Gabriel Iglesias tells stories, not jokes. In “The Fluffy Movie” (Open Road), the rotund Mexican-American comic, whose tales are as soft around the edges as the man himself, shares engaging accounts of weight loss and the difficulties of being the stepfather of a teenage boy…
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Upscale and Affluent Latinos Are Tech Savvy, Bilingual and Big Spenders
Upscale and Affluent Latinos Are Tech Savvy, Bilingual and Big Spenders
By Nicole Akoukou Thompson (n.thompson@latinpost.com)
First Posted: Jul 25, 2014 01:17 PM EDT
Guests attend a launch event for Kiva City D.C. hosted by Capital One, Kiva, and the Latino Economic Development Center on January 8, 2013 in Washington, DC
Savvy, affluent and upscale Latinos have soaring purchasing power, and ad campaigns have been working to connect with high-earning Latinos by attempting to understand the preferred media and voice of this segment.
The upsurge in U.S. Hispanic affluence has become more visible within the last two decades. The number of wealthy Latinos (incomes greater than $75,000) doubled from 2000 to 2010, growing at three times the rate of non-Hispanic upscale households. In 2010, there were 2.9 million upscale Latino households, and that number has continued to…
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Mexican American Vintners Association Enters Retail Scene with Whole Foods Market Partnership
Napa, CA (PRWEB) July 24, 2014
In an effort to educate California wine lovers about the variety and quality of wines made by Mexican-American winemakers in the region, the Mexican American Vintners Association (MAVA) is breaking into retail. During the months of August and September, Whole Foods Market’s Northern California and Reno stores will highlight wines crafted by select MAVA members. Never before has a retailer of any size focused specifically on wines produced by Mexican-American vintners…
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Wells Fargo Foundation donates $50,000 to improve El Soldado Mexican American Veterans Memorial
SACRAMENTO – Among tall trees and nestled on a pillar stands El Soldado or as it has more recently been called, the Mexican American Veterans Memorial.
This monument to the gallant and patriotic military service of Latino/Hispanic veterans is well on its way to receiving a much needed facelift thanks to the commitment from individuals and organizations alike.
The Wells Fargo Foundation is the latest such organization to demonstrate its commitment, not just to veterans and their families, but also to the monuments that showcase their patriotic service.
“On behalf of all veterans, but especially Latino/Hispanic veterans, we are proud to accept this $50,000 donation from the Wells Fargo Foundation,” said Peter J. Gravett, CalVet secretary. “This donation allows us to take a giant step forward in our quest to beautify and enhance El Soldado.”
California is home to approximately 1.8 million veterans of which nearly 272,000 are Hispanic/Latino. El Soldado/the Mexican American Veterans Memorial serves as a testament to the service and contributions of these Hispanic/Latino veterans…
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Hispanic college enrollment up, but not by enough
Recent data show that nationwide Hispanic or Latino and Chicano college admissions are on the rise, with Hispanic figures now outpacing white enrollment at some schools. But Hispanic education experts say the numbers are not high enough.
Patricia Gandara, research professor and co-director of The Civil Rights Project at UCLA, and and commissioner with the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics calls the numbers have improved, but they are still “disastrous.”…
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Manhattan College History Professor Julie Leininger Pycior Publishes Book on Mexican-American Activism
Historian Julie Leininger Pycior, Ph.D., professor of history at Manhattan College, recently published her newest book, “Democratic Renewal and the Mutual Aid Legacy of US Mexicans.” Pycior’s latest book traces the historic mutual aid organizing of Mexican-Americans, from its early origins after the Mexican-American War to its present day impact on important policy issues such as immigration…
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Salma Hayek surprises fans with singing and dancing in Sofia
. Mexican-American film actress, director and producer
. Breakthrough role was in 2002 film “Frida” as Frida Kahlo
. Starred in “Grown Ups” and “Grown Ups 2”
Mexican-American actress/film producer Salma Hayek has a huge fan following in North America and Mexico because of her beauty, acting and outgoing personality and these traits have once again come to the forefront and brought her more fans in Bulgaria…
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Exploring the Role of Community Cultural Wealth in Graduate School Access and Persistence for Mexican American PhDs
MM Espino – American Journal of Education, 2014
… Exploring the Role of Community Cultural Wealth in Graduate School Access and Persistence for
Mexican American PhDs. Michelle M. Espino. … Exploring the Role of Community Cultural Wealth
in Graduate School Access and Persistence for Mexican American PhDs. …
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In Defense of My People: Alonso S. Perales and the Development of Mexican-American Public Intellectuals ed. by Michael A. Olivas (review)
JR Buriel – Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 2014
… Perales’s professional work on behalf of Mexican Americans entailed legal practice on social
justice cases involving equality in employment … Mario T. García calls in Mexican Americans:
Leadership, Ideol- ogy, and Identity, 1930–1960, “The Mexican-American Generation” (1989 …
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Breast Cancer Cause Beliefs Chinese, Korean, and Mexican American Breast Cancer Survivors
P Gonzalez, JW Lim, M Wang-Letzkus, KF Flores… – Western Journal of Nursing …, 2014
… Focus groups with Chinese (n = 21), Korean (n = 11), and Mexican American (n = 9) BCS recruited
through community- and hospital-based … experience may influence a survivor’s interpretation and
response to the breast cancer diagnosis, so that health professionals, in turn …
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My Career Veered Off Course On purpose: Melissa’s #LaunchLikeABoss Story
Melissa is part of a classic American immigrant tale.
Her Mexican-American parents raised her with a strong ethic of hard work and community. She prioritized her education to become a first-generation college graduate, and she made it all the way to law school before taking on the kind of corporate desk job her parents always dreamed for her. Melissa was not going to have to work with her hands…
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SUCCESS FACTORS AND STRATEGIES OF MEXICAN – AMERICAN MALES WHO HAVE EARNED A BACHELOR’S DEGREE
F Irigoyen – 2014
… Mexican-American males to earn a bachelor’s degree. Problem Statement For every 100
Latino male elementary school students, 51 will graduate from high school, 10 will graduate
from college, four will obtain a graduate or professional degree, …
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Diversity in the Workplace: NPR’s Latino Employees, Audience Statistics Below US Population Average
National Public Radio’s employee ethnicity rate is nearly identical to their listenership statistics. NPR Ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos disclosed the company’s ethnicity data following criticism of the cancellation of its diversity-focused talk show “Tell Me More.”
“I agree that cancellation of the journalistically excellent seven-year old show is sorrowful, and I don’t think I am talking out of school when I say that this seems to be a feeling shared up and down the NPR hierarchy,” Schumacher-Matos wrote. “The reasons for the closure, as Chief Content Officer Kinsey Wilson has made clear in a number of public statements, are that the show had a relatively small audience, lost money and is a victim of shifting strategies to keep up with changing times.”…
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