As an overscheduled "momtrepreneur," going to see a new movie rarely makes my priority list.

But when Frank Orosco, president at Agave52, called to invite me to a private screening of Bless Me Última ahead of the national premiere this weekend, I jumped through the necessary logistical loops to...

"At every tech business event I attend, it seems like I'm the only Latina there," said Lorena Chatterjee, member of tech entrepreneurship group Latino Startup Alliance and Cofounder of LEAP Commerce.

Those sentiments were shared by many of the Silicon Valley sisterhood last week as we...

How informed do you feel about U.S.-produced solar power? President Clinton feels that you're not getting the right information about this very important industry sector. This will help.

"We've got to get the basic facts out there first, about our capacity to produce this energy, about current job creation...

No issue has ever drawn me into a two-hour debate on Facebook; last week's Supreme Court announcement upholding the Affordable Care Act did it.

Voices of parents raising children born prematurely, or with disabilities, have not been the loudest in this debate. I want us to be heard now...

Two things happened in New York City last week that encouraged me to write this piece. Last Tuesday night, I had the pleasure of being surrounded by several hundred fellow authors, publishers, representatives of publishing houses, editors, judges and others who love books.

Are you as intrigued as I am observing how people act on their understanding of climate change, sustainable business practices and what can really be done to reverse trends that must be reversed? Do you marvel at the variety of approaches human beings are taking to do their part for...

Sometimes a headline grabs your attention and holds it for some time because its implications are instantly clear. That's what happened when I saw "Consumers Don't Trust Green Product Claims, Survey Says," in a recent Environmental Leader newsletter. For all those brands and organizations wanting a piece of...

"I chose this location for the inaugural Leadership Summit because as a teenager I helped my father clean these very same buildings."
--Frank Carbajal, Author and Founder of Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit

I first met Frank Carbajal at a National Society of Hispanic MBAs conference, as...

"When it comes to being green, we're not jumping on the bandwagon. We helped build the bandwagon." Alfonso Maciel Sr., Founder A. Maciel Printing

Growing up in Guadalajara watching his parents run several small businesses, Alfonso Maciel assumed that all married couples became entrepreneurs. His wife-to-be Monica assumed the same...

In just a few weeks in Denver, a conference that's leading an important national movement will take place. This movement has mostly so far flown under the radar; the Green Schools National Conference on February 27-29 will change that.

This event, where I will have the privilege...

It was in my inbox Sunday night, "The Immigration Picture That Set Facebook on Fire." Naturally curious, I read the post by Julito Varela. In it was this photo and the story about how it went viral after Latino Rebels posted the image. In...

In August of 1992, my crew and I arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in our KC-135 refueling jet to help patrol the southern half of Iraq. The bad dictator of Iraq was using his military aircraft to kill his own people and commit other atrocities. We were among the first...

As a child, Edwardo Martinez raided his mother's kitchen cabinets in search of just the right Tupperware® bowl. "I would flip it over, cut a hole in it, install some basic electronic components and turn it into a working robot," he recalls.

Today, after...

A few minutes ago I was standing in front of a room filled with four and five year-old kids at my son's preschool. The school's director asked parents who were vets to come in today or to bring memorabilia to honor someone in the family who is a veteran.

Dressed...

At a recent media event in Southern California, I was speaking to a roomful of journalists from various Hispanic media organizations. My talk featured several Latino entrepreneurs in the green economy and I discussed learning how their innovations were sparked by the cultural imperative Latinos have to creatively reuse, conserve...

Every year when Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) rolls around, do you feel the struggle I feel? As we attend events, hear our ancestors' home countries listed and are reminded that we're celebrating this and that independence day, do you feel conflicted? Do you wonder why we're compelled to celebrate our...

The much hyped (and now much politicized) story of California solar panel manufacturer Solyndra and its abrupt collapse necessitates we pause and learn about the true resilience of America's green economy.

Headlines like "Solyndra Bankruptcy Dims Green Job Hopes," exaggerate the impact that the failure of one company (with...