Latino Friends: Deltona families less likely to enroll children in preschool, census shows
There will be no preschool for Krystie Ambrosio's 4-year-old son, just as there wasn't for her 6-year-old, now in kindergarten.Krystie doesn't believe in handing her children over to the care of others. She works as a nurse at night and watches the children while her husband works days."I feel that if possible, no one else should be taking care of them but me," the young mother said. Many of her Latino friends feel the same...
Latino Friends: THE NEW NEW YORKERS
PERSPECTIVE
Which Language for My Son?
When our son was born in Queens, New York, our Latino friends gathered in our apartment to celebrate the event. They sang to him sweet songs from their different countries. Pancho, the Galician, even wrote a beautiful poem in Spanish to the new baby. Now, four years later, it still hangs on a wall in Fedrico's room. We named him Federico after Federico Garcia Lorca, the most gracious and popular of our poets in Spain and Latin America, who was executed in 1936 during the Spanish...
Latino Friends: Discrimination fueled career of filmmaker
AUSTIN--Hector Galan had heard the stories about his Latino friends being kicked out of nightclubs in and around Lubbock. Wrong hair. Wrong clothes. Wrong look, they were told. Then, one night, it happened to him. As he stood near the dance floor, a bouncer told him he was not welcome and escorted him out. He didn't offer a reason, but Galan had no doubt that it was because of his skin color. Something changed in him that night in 1979. And soon...
Latino Friends: AND CHILDREN SHALL LEAD THEM
KEEPING ALIVE A TRADITIONAL MEXICAN RITE OF CHRISTMAS
For as long as she can remember, Rosalinda Alarcon of Laguna has looked forward to the Christmas season for the chance to participate in a religious tradition from Mexico - the celebration of Las Posadas Navidenas. Alarcon, who was born in Mexico and teaches at James Rutter Middle School in Elk Grove, said she fears the seasonal rite celebrating Mary and Joseph's search for lodging before the birth of Jesus is slowly being forgotten."I have a lot of Latino friends...
