Through her work on the front lines, she is reshaping what it means to...
Through her work on the front lines, she is reshaping what it means to...
From specialist to COO, her journey reflects discipline, purpose, and a deep commitment to...
(Martha and Alfredo, a love story. Forty-seven years of love, patience, and deep respect...
The story of Elizabeth Mendoza, La Ceiba restaurant owner, reflects the perseverance of immigrant...
Xitlalic Guijosa-Osuna, poet and educator from Maywood, uses art, activism, and storytelling to strengthen...
As ICE raids disrupt Latino neighborhoods, Irresistible Resistance Los Angeles brings art into struggling...
“I always wanted my grandfather (‘El Chato’ Zamora) to attend my graduation, to...
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’...
At 5:20 a.m., Efraín and Ulises have already set up their small table on...
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...
“There’s nothing wrong with that word. We are fat; sometimes when we walk down the street, people shout at us, ‘move, fatty'”
“They’ve spent a lifetime telling us how we should be; Latinidad is an experience. I don’t have to pretend to be Latina”
For José “Hoozay” Velasquez, comedy has become his profession, his job, and his life. But it is also a form of survival. Whether facing difficult situations, suffering from slight depression,
Villalta knows she can’t do it alone. A warrior since childhood, but she says the support of the community in general is necessary. She couldn’t believe it. There were moments
Oh, the sounds of the season: the sneezing, the coughing, the blowing of noses. The fall season is the beginning of flu season, and the perfect time to get your
Élmer Mendoza frequently converses with Édgar “El Zurdo” Mendieta, the lonely, lovestruck detective who is the main character in his novels. Mendieta is also an unyielding policeman against the criminals
Élmer Mendoza learned to read at the age of nine, which was somewhat late, but coming from a very poor family with limited resources, it was an odyssey to achieve.
In 2022, drug overdoses claimed over 100,000 lives in the United States. Drug addiction doesn’t discriminate, but access to treatment and recovery often does. In recognition of September being
“We never had great resources; we didn’t have a car, always taking the bus. For us, buying new shoes for school meant a trip to K-Mart—PayLess was too expensive for us”
“I took some Chicano History classes, and I got angry. I was upset when I learned about how we had been taken advantage of.”
“I saw my father go from being a busboy to owning his own business in East Los Angeles, a small dealership.”
It was during the pandemic that César Castro decided to launch his podcast Radio Jarochelo on YouTube. He didn’t want to lose that connection with the community and wanted to
Mario Trujillo, the current mayor of Downey, learned from the best mentor, his mother Ofelia Rodríguez.
“God, if you save me, I promise to become a priest, but save me,” he recalls saying in the water.
“The food stamps would arrive at our house, and I would go buy candy, then go out to the neighborhoods to sell them.”
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