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Dr. Adriana Villavicencio is the youngest child of Ecuadorian immigrants. She has moved 29 times in her life, taking her on a journey from California to Bangalore, India, and New York City, where she recently earned a Ph.D. in Education Leadership and works as a Research Associate at New York University. An avid traveler, Adriana has collected experiences in four different continents and 16 different countries. But as a former high school English teacher, some of her fondest memories are those of her brilliant and brilliantly funny students in Brooklyn and Oakland. Adriana has contributed to several publications including the Daily News and Space.com, and is a managing editor for the Journal of Equity in Education. She earned a B.A. in English and an M.A. in English Education at Columbia University, and currently serves on the board of Columbia’s Latino Alumni Association (LAACU). She enjoys scary movies with red vines, Sauvignon Blanc, and her Maltese dog, Napoleon.
To learn more about Adriana’s education consulting company, please visit www.theradicalideas.com.
Juanes – a household name among Latinos – is now becoming just as popular in the American mainstream. Not only did Juanes win a Grammy for Best Latino Album (he also won in 2009), he also just published his memoir, Chasing the Sun, in Spanish and English and will be performing on Dancing with the Read More
I’m getting married…that’s the exciting part. I’m planning a wedding…that’s a whole other story. I’m supposed to love it, relish in the lace borders, monogrammed napkins, and long-stemmed hydrangeas. But when I hear “planning a wedding,” I hear greedy vendors and tight budgets; I hear dizzying options and limited patience; I hear the death tolls Read More
We admire our Latino celebrities for their talent, their ability to entertain us, and the way they represent our community in a positive light. But some celebrities we can admire for how they give back. On October 4th, Johnnie Walker launched My Label is Black, a nationwide program designed to celebrate the Hispanic community and Read More
It’s about a quarter after 10:00 p.m. and the Harlem Haberdashery is officially closing up shop after a successful event for Elena Romero’s book release. All the meeting and greeting is done for the evening. Every hors d’oeuvre has been served and taken in along with the cocktails by each gormandizer in attendance. Elena gets Read More
Latinas: Are you good at finding the best deals? Do you wait until you can buy something on sale? Do you research promotions and coupons online to save money? If you answered yes, turns out you’re part of a trend. Based on a nationally representative survey, a recent report showed that Hispanic women are more Read More
The national unemployment rate has been making news ever since the economic downturn of 2008. But, joblessness doesn’t affect all groups equally. This month, the Bureau of Labor and Statistics released a report showing that while the national average for unemployment is 8.2 percent, the rate is 11 percent for Latinos. For African-American, the unemployment Read More
A recent poll shows President Obama leading Mitt Romney by 34 points among Hispanics. Political analysts are calling these gaps the Republican Party’s “Hispanic problem” and suggest that it may mean losing the support of Latinos beyond the 2012 election. In the last 10 presidential contests, the Democratic presidential nominee has received an average of Read More
Your abuelita’s home remedies may be making a comeback. While the last two decades have seen a surge of pills, medication, and powerful pharmaceutical companies, the next one may see the rise of alternative medicine. With all of the negative reports we hear about children being overly medicated and the sometimes deadly combination of prescription Read More
A recent study shows that even when controlling for income and credit, Black and Hispanic home buyers pay three percent more for their homes. The study tracked two million housing transactions in four metropolitan areas. Results showed that Black and Hispanic home buyers paid a “premium” of about $6,000 on a $200,000 house and that Read More
Marketers across a variety of industries are trying to figure out the magic formula for capturing the Latino audience. One of the latest experiments is a joint effort by ABC and Univision for an English language cable channel aimed at Latinos. But there are some tired pitfalls the new channel should avoid, including: Cartoonish or Read More