Name: Michelle Raphael Position and Title: Associate Marketing Manager for the Power To End Stroke campaign Employer: American Heart Association in Dallas, TX What are some of your job responsibilities? I manage all of the online properties for the Power To End Stroke movement and Vida Saludable, a healthy living site for Latinos. These include [...]

Crystal Martinez used her business and financial savvy to help others by opening up her own business as a State Farm Agent.  Her work involves meeting with clients and helping them plan insurance and financial services that meet their needs. She shares her experience starting her own business. Position & Title: State Farm Agent Employer: State Farm [...]

Linda Asaf is a Texas designer with a penchant for lace, chiffon and silk dresses. Asaf, who is of Mexican and Chinese heritage has her own shop in Austin, a new swimsuit line and an online store. She is perhaps best known for her custom-made bridal gowns, which start at around $1,500, depending on the [...]

Crazy Loco, a collection of nine short stories, makes you laugh and cry. Filled with passion, a little romance and focused entirely on life growing up Mexican-American in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, Crazy Loco is an award-winning book by David Rice, whose pre-teen life, abuelos, friends and family are clearly the inspiration for [...]

With every successful professional, there comes a story of challenges and inspiration. Fashion designer, Alice Garcia, is no exception. After graduating with a fashion design degree in Guadalajara, Mexico, she began her career in the industry in 1975, working for the company, Artcarved, as a jewelry designer. From that point, she tells us how she [...]

Career Responsibilities: As a casework supervisor, I have the responsibility of overseeing a caseload of 29 cases with 81 children. These are family court cases involving abused and neglected children. Ideally, we would have a volunteer advocate on these cases that does the brunt of the work. I supervisor the volunteers and guide them through [...]

What are some of your job responsibilities? I write a weekly column called TV Eye. For this, I watch TV, and follow trends in the TV industry and in the government (e.g. the FCC). I write everything from basic reviews ( TV movies, new TV series), to commentary on what’s happening on the small screen [...]