While participating in a conference last summer, I found myself chatting with Eva Longoria as we waited backstage to take our turns at the podium as guest speakers.
The mood was relaxed--cozy, even, as we sat on overstuffed couches with our feet curled up underneath us. But when I thought...
Posted October 26, 2011 | 10/26/11 08:02 AM ET
The details may change, but every Latino shares a version of the same story: that moment when another Latino attacked her . . . for not being Latino enough.
For my friend Ali, it happened during her first week at college. She had pledged a sorority, and as she stood...
Posted September 12, 2011 | 09/12/11 08:19 AM ET
In 1996, the first issue of Latina magazine hit newsstands featuring a then-little-
known Jennifer Lopez on the cover.
Fifteen years later, Jennifer Lopez is not only a global superstar, she is also one of the biggest, most bankable brands in show business, with accomplishments that range...
Posted August 16, 2011 | 08/16/11 10:57 PM ET
Hardly a day goes by where I don't get an email in my inbox announcing some new program aimed at Latina mamis. There are marketing events and ad campaigns, social networks and blog networks, websites and newsletters, all seeming to have made the same assumption: if you are Latina, you...

10 Comments | Posted January 26, 2012 | 01/26/12 08:12 AM ET