By Joel Zapata Cecilia Rodriguez was born and grew up in El Paso, Texas and is a second generation American. She has dedicated her life to social justice. She has focused her work to advocate for the human and civil rights of Mexican immigrant and Mexican-American women. Aware of discrimination and injustice Mexican immigrants and [...]

In today’s world, there are many roads a young girl can take to reach her goals. Many little girls dream of becoming a ballerina, a veterinarian, a rock star, or an actress; the best way to go about these artistic aspirations is to first get a bachelor’s degree in physiological science. Well not exactly, but [...]

Growing up along the Texas and Mexico border, Iliana Sosa knows a few things about hot border city topics. With a Bachelor’s degree in Latin American studies from Southwestern University and an MFA in film production & directing from UCLA, this writer and director has made it her mission to translate these topics to the [...]

The newly crowned Miss Texas Latina 2012 is Lizethe Mendoza, a junior at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico.  She is majoring in International Business and Government with a minor in French.  She has overcome many challenges such as bullying and credits her single mother upbringing and Latino culture for her strength [...]

Latina Bloguera What was the origin of NewsTaco.com? Why did you start it? NewsTaco.com grew out of a frustration with not being able to either see ourselves or our communities reflected in the news, but also wanting to get a little bit more out of the news, namely a clue as to what was happening [...]

Rachel Gomez, age 15 My hero is my dad. He is somewhat tall and has short black hair. My dad and I like to cook, play basketball and create art. He helps me by motivating me to try new things. One of the things I like about him is that even though I annoy him [...]