In El Monte, a longtime florist says immigration raids and economic fear have emptied...
In El Monte, a longtime florist says immigration raids and economic fear have emptied...
Some chains offer the same services I do, but coming to me doesn’t...
His mother Nicolasa, Hugo, his father Sinar and his wife Lucila. A few years...
The Roadmap Writers founder has spent a decade rescuing abused dogs in Los Angeles’...
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After an ICE arrest and wrongful detention, Job Garcia turned trauma into healing by...
One day, amid the vast sea of information on social media, a Zapotec woman...
Mujeres de Hoy: They cook, sell food, hold raffles, and all of this to...
Luz recounts that her father was walking one day when he saw a young...
“Since I was seven, I started helping — sweeping, mopping, cutting chiles, everything. It...
Óscar Gómez is not your typical baker. He is an artist—not just in his...
My boss has been great—he’s American, and he cares about what’s happening to our...
Enrique Rosas still remembers those years in Cocula, Jalisco—years that shaped his life and...
“I really care about people and the community. I see people who could buy...
“I’m an independent woman. I’m happy with where I am. I have my daughter...
With his team, Las Aguilitas. ‘All for one and one for all.’ Working for...
‘Poverty became my wealth. I spent the best years of my life in El...
EN ESPAÑOL “We want people to have fun during those two or three hours,...
“If a business is meant for me, it will be. If it’s not, that’s...
The synergy between the two community organizations helps them better serve their populations. Since...
“God spoke to me and told me, ‘This is what you’re going to do....
“She (Elvia, his wife) taught me a simple rule: everything is made of glass...
The children love the fruit she prepares for them. Rosita has a sweet, sincere...
As a child, Guzmán Toledo grew up in a family that loved food,...
Tacos with Mom’s Recipe. Daisy Rodríguez is a determined and very energetic woman. She...
“Papá, I’m coming to the ranch, I need to be there,” David said. On...
Juana Colenzo knows what it means to “sweat on your brow” to earn a...
“I think it’s time to harvest some of the crops. I always told myself,...
I believe that when you wake up, your goal should be to shine, to...
“And just like that, the little girl who grew up in Bell Gardens became...
“Silvia Galaviz with her grandfather, Papá Juan; her grandmother, Francisca Pérez García; and her brother, Juan García Miguel. From Papá Juan, she learned discipline and perseverance. Her success is a
“My father was gone, my mother left me in the hospital after giving birth—she abandoned me,” said George. He saw a light, but he also heard a voice. Salvadoran
Anna Maria and her husband, Shawn, run the shop. He’s the mechanic and service manager; she serves as administrator and bookkeeper. Kelly also plays a part in it.
“You need to let people know that there are resources available, and they shouldn’t be so hard to find,” Christina Navarro says. “You have to be on the street
Yojana ad Eric Fombona, the pillars of this life project. As a child, Yojana Fombona would wake up to the smell of coffee—her father grew it on his
Farah Delcid is not someone who gives up easily. She is a woman who fights for her ideals, her desire to make the world a better place through
Little Fermín always had the spirit of an entrepreneur. His parents were merchants, and now he owns three companies. After doing various jobs upon arriving in California, Fermín Morales wanted
Luis Emilio Botero passed away just under four years ago. “Claudia Botero’s father has been in her thoughts all the time. For Claudia, a former journalist at Univision and now
I don’t know why, but when I speak with José Vergara, a music teacher at Miramontes School in South Central, he reminds me of the character Robin Williams plays in
“Dancing is a total commitment, understanding the basic forms, one frees oneself, it’s something greater than us.”-Gema Sandoval. Gema Sandoval had just arrived in California, specifically to La Habra. She
One can imagine it. A five-year-old boy would grab the gas tanks and start hitting them, boom, bam, boom, bam, bam, bam, bam… Maybe the rhythm was different, but the
Each night, Sara Mena, entrepreneur, wife, and mother of two children, before going to sleep, thinks, “We made it through another day. I hope it repeats tomorrow.” At a company
“I had to learn everything. Making a vinyl involves a process like any other factory—electricity, plumbing, and… I’d never worked in a factory,” he adds. Music has always been a
Mariana Contreras emigrated to Los Angeles at the age of 15. Born in Mexico City, she was deeply rooted in her culture and city. “I still ask myself about it;
His voice is sweet, clear and determined. He is eight years old, and although his name may not mean much today, Hector Cortez is the son of one of
“I must have been five years old when I started defending my sister or others who needed help. I felt it was my duty to help them, to defend them,”
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