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Author Archives: Serena Sanchez
Serena Sanchez is a freelance writer for CALÓ NEWS. She grew up in San Pedro, Calif., and studied journalism at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Her reporting interests include art, the environment, and social justice. Pronouns: she/her/hers. Preferred ethnic tag: Latinx. If you have any questions, concerns, or corrections related to this story, please contact serenamichellesanchez@gmail.com.
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Rafael Agustín, CEO of the Latino Film Institute, on writer’s strike and his comedic memoir, Illegally Yours
It wasn’t until he was in high school, applying for his driver’s license and to colleges, that Rafael Agustín found out he was an undocumented immigrant. Moving from Guayaquil, Ecuador, to Walnut, California, at the age of seven, the now 42-year-old award-winning television writer (Jane the Virgin) and CEO of the Latino Film Institute (LFI) knew he and his parents were immigrants but was unaware of the illegality of his own status.
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Rafael Agustín, director ejecutivo del Latino Film Institute, nos habla sobre la huelga de escritores y sus memorias cómicas, Illegally Yours
Recién cuando ya estaba promediando la escuela secundaria, buscando conseguir su licencia de conducir y solicitando la admisión en las universidades, que Rafael Agustín descubrió que era un inmigrante indocumentado. Al mudarse de Guayaquil, Ecuador, a Walnut, California, a la edad de siete años, el hoy galardonado guionista de televisión (Jane the Virgin) y director ejecutivo del Latino […]
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Jenny Juárez, conocida como Bratty, una cantante mexicana pop surfista, a punto de lanzar su tercer álbum
Dulce, genuina y honesta: así es exactamente como Bratty, el proyecto de pop suave y surf rock de la cantautora y guitarrista Jenny Juárez, describiría su propia música a alguien que no esté familiarizado con ella. “Esa música es algo que siempre está muy profundo dentro de mi corazón”, dijo Bratty. “La música es la […]
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Jenny Juárez, aka Bratty, is a Mexican-born surfer pop singer about to release her third album
Jenny Juarez also known as Bratty went from performing at restaurants, bars and gardens in 2017 to being the only Mexico-born artist taking the stage at the 2023 Coachella festival.
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El documental “First Voice Generation” sigue a los latinos de primera generación y explora las desigualdades socioeconómicas en la universidad
En 2020, el 21,8% de los estudiantes universitarios de pregrado de EE.UU. eran latinos, el segundo grupo étnico más grande inscrito en el nivel de pregrado. Los latinos además tienen más probabilidades de ser en estudiantes universitarios de primera generación (44%), en comparación con los estudiantes afroamericanos (34%), asiáticos (29%) y blancos (22%), según el Instituto […]
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Los programas STEM de CSU aumentan el número de mujeres y de latinas en la fuerza laboral
Esta primavera, los graduados se abrieron camino en el escenario portando orgullosamente sus diplomas. Poco después ya se estaban preparando para las carreras profesionales a las que sus experiencias universitarias los prepararon. Uno de los ámbitos que da la bienvenida a estos potenciales nuevos miembros de la fuerza laboral es STEM (acrónimo de ciencia, tecnología, […]
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“First Voice Generation” documentary follows first-generation Latinos, explores socioeconomic inequities in college
Following three Latinx high school students in Holland, Michigan, the documentary of award-winning Director, Cynthia Martinez’s named ” First Voice Generation,” depicts their individual journeys as first-generation Latino students preparing to be the first of their families to attend college, while struggling with their identities in a predominately Dutch community.
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Veronica Valencia-Hughes, Latina designer and mother of two, is the host of HGTV’s Revealed
Valencia-Hughes has garnered nearly 20 years of experience in the design world, spending much of that time running behind-the-scenes design teams for 600+ TV home renovation projects for HGTV, Netflix, ABC, NBC, Fox, CNBC and OWN. Additionally, after meeting her husband, Kristopher Hughes, the two of them launched their design studio, The Design Hunters, in 2013, which is a “full-service interior design, styling and creative development company based out of Los Angeles and New York City.
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Actress and author Andrea Navedo shares her wisdom from growing up in the Bronx in her first book
In 2018, 30 years after graduating from Dewitt Clinton High School, Andrea Navedo, widely known for her role as Xiomara, “Xo,” Villanueva in the CW’s American Telenovela, Jane the Virgin, was invited to give the commencement speech at her alma mater.
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CSU STEM programs are working to increase women and Latinas in the workforce; meet three trailblazers
Women comprise half of the total United States college-educated workforce, but only 34% of the science and engineering workforce, according to the National Girls Collaborative Project. Despite STEM being male-dominated, women in these occupations, between 2011 and 2021, have increased by 31%. On top of an increase in women, the U.S. STEM workforce, as stated in the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics’ 2023 report, Diversity and STEM: Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities, has gradually become more diverse with an increase in representation of Latino, Black and Indigenous minorities.
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CEO of Armando F. Sanchez Production on Writers Guild Strike, how growth of AI will affect Latinos
Beginning May 2, the Writers Guild of America (WGA), a West and East region labor union representing thousands of writers behind various beloved television series, news programs and films, went on strike in Los Angeles and New York, demanding higher compensation, increased job security, larger writers’ rooms and a limited presence of artificial intelligence (AI) in the writing process, according to the WGA proposals.