Driven by a passion for creating opportunities and diversity in the digital media landscape, Rafael Fernandez, Jr. has been committed to bringing positive change to the media industry. Fernandez decided to create Todo Wafi to help bring more change to the industry.
Author Archives: Erick Cabrera
Erick Cabrera is a freelance writer for CALÓ NEWS. He grew up in South Central and studied journalism at California State University, Los Angeles. Their reporting interests include local or investigative. Pronouns: He/Him. Preferred ethnic tag: Latino. He can be reached through email, cabrera.erick0@gmail.com.
Posted inCulture
A story of a young Latino father hustling to provide
With his mother and brothers on top of him about the importance of school, and with his father always working hard to provide a roof over their heads, the values of hard work were instilled into him early on in life. “The one thing I always take notice of is that you’ll never see a Mexican out on the street because we go out there and we work, we make it happen,” Alfred Valenzuela said.
Posted inArts
SANDRA TOVAR, Fine Arts Director for the Boys and Girls Club of the Los Angeles Harbor
Hard work and dreams: two things Sandra Tovar always kept in mind when she arrived in the United States at 18 years old. Like any other immigrant family, Tovar came to the U.S. looking for a better life and explained that when she was with her family, she felt like she had everything she needed in life.