Mexicana baila para combatir sus monstruos machistas

Entre lágrimas y miradas profundas, María Verónica Romero, de 43 años, recuerda cómo su ex-esposo abusaba de ella psicológicamente y físicamente por años desde México hasta su nuevo hogar en Queens. Fué ahí que encontró apoyo para superar los abusos, pero no gracias a instituciones de ayuda contra la violencia, sino a través de la […]

M.A.K.U hace vibrar el “immigrant beat” en su nuevo video ‘La Inevitable’

Story published in Uforia Music. Cuándo le preguntan a los miembros de la banda M.A.K.U Soundsystem qué estilo de música tocan, la respuesta se vuelve un juego de palabras que busca explicar la mezcla de sonidos y culturas de sus canciones. Juntos desde el 2010, los ocho integrantes de la banda de Nueva York han […]

75 New Citizens Take Oath in Special Fourth of July Ceremony

Story published in WNYC. Newly naturalized citizens representing more than two dozen countries recited the pledge of allegiance in a special ceremony at the main branch of the New York Public Library. Seventy-five people hailing from 27 countries became American citizens. It was part of a series of events timed for the July Fourth weekend. Elvis […]

Mexicans Struggle to Preserve Indigenous Language Miles from Home

Story published for the Knight-CUNYJ fellowship program. Last winter, Ñani Migrante, a Mexican-American organization in Staten Island, held several workshops to teach Mixtec, the fourth largest indigenous community in Mexico. The goal was to preserve the language for native speakers and their children. There are over 300 indigenous language variants in Mexico, and Mixtec is […]

Gang Violence Pushes Even The Prosperous To Flee Central America

Story published in WLRN-Miami Herald News. The country is grappling with how to handle the influx of Central American children who have come to the United States over the past few months. And as Central America has become more and more violent, more families have been coming to South Florida too. Over the last year […]

Education is Power

Sometimes people can take for granted the simplest things in life, such as a basic education which for many people today is part of his or her life from a very young age. Reading and writing are part of the foundations of a person´s life path. For Maria Leonor Gomez Franco, being able to read […]