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 […]

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Mexicans in Miami Show Solidarity With Protests in Mexico

Published in WLRN and Cancunissimo. From Mexico City to Miami, protesters gathered in front of Mexican government offices and consulates Thursday, voicing their frustration in the case of the missing students. Protesters in Miami were wearing black and holding candles and signs with messages against their country’s government. Ramon Hernandez has been in Miami for […]

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MEXICANOS AUDACES

Por Constanza Gallardo. Emprender un negocio no es tarea fácil, y cuando se trata de hacerlo fuera de tu país, ésta se vuelve aún más ardua, pero nada detuvo a este grupo de entusiastas mexicanos que decidieron aventurarse en el mundo empresarial en Miami, abriendo sus propios negocios. Así es como conoceremos la historia de […]

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ART BASEL, TRANSFORMA MIAMI

Cada diciembre, Miami le da la bienvenida a miles de personas para uno de los eventos más importantes del mundo del arte contemporáneo, el Art Basel que tuvo lugar del 5 al 8 de diciembre del 2013. La ciudad se llena de amantes del arte, coleccionistas, artistas y turistas que disfrutan del museo gigante en […]

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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 […]

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