February 2016 Blog Posts (36)

As I am looking for artist to put in this power point presentation for International Women's Day celebration at the artist market downtown, I found it difficult. Aside from Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keeffe, what other women artist are commonly known? Google "women artists" and you get a short list of primarily old 18th and 19th century artist, Google "Latina artists" and get and even shorter list. Overall I got my 20 women artist to be displayed, a little more than half are Latina, and very…

I’ve met a series of professional women throughout my life. Whether they’re engineers, teachers, or business women, they’ve all influenced me in some way or another. However, none of them had managed to leave an emotional impression on me that went beyond awe for their strength and determination.

It feels as if I’ve been searching for a role model my entire life. I’ve been looking someone with whom I can connect with…

This month to celebrate Women's history month our young Latinitas shared their thoughts on being Chicas Poderosas and wrote about some of the great Latina women that have accomplished great things to our community. They shared advice with other Latina girls and shared a bit of what they're proud of.

Something I do good for my community is that I help each other with…

We are celebrating women history month, and as a part of it we ask our girls to share with us what they do for their community, who do they admire, what is the importance of women in our society, to give an advice to another girls and why are they proud of being latinas. This is what they share with us,

To help my community I have picked up trash and also do some meetings and helpon them. Yo admiro a Jenni Rivera por que es una mujer que todos la admiran por que nunca se…

On February 13th we had our College Chica event, and for me it was my first time experiencing something like that. A little over all, we had a college panel on why college is important and different experiences from the ladies, I was actually able to talk about some of my experiences. What I really liked is that these young Latinas were able to get a tour from our campus here in El Paso, we went to the University of Texas at El Paso, we showed them around, they got a chance to see how big it…

Some see this year as it's too early, but it is already the end of february, next thing it's Spring Break, then Easter Sunday, and the months will keep on going by. So the better the high school girls start looking for their perfect dresses the better. 

Finding the perfect dress is what we all aim at,

The dress that will make us look beautiful, the one that is going to attract everyone's eyes,

Because it's one night that makes the rest of the year fall into…

Being Latina means having a huge family. Meeting a new cousin or tia at almost every party and listening to your parents tell stories of when they were young, little cousins running around, not being able to keep a secret because before you know it all your tia's are already talking about it. Ive been through this many, many times. Growing up I didn't have enough time for myself and I only had 2 siblings, but when I started college and HAD to be alone…

I was part of the valla humana in Juarez that was made for the Pope and it was exhausting. I was located near the seminar so I had a good place. We were told to met in there at 4 am!, so I woke up at 3 am to get ready and have a good breakfast because I knew that it will be a long and tired day. We were given extra large shirts as part of our uniform, they were that size because it was suposed to fit above all of the clothes that we were wearing. At 4 am the weather was cold so I was pack…

Dear Friend,

There is a lot of ways that you can boost your confidence. You can think positively about yourself, don't care what other people think of you. Don't compare yourself to other people be yourself and be proud to be yourself.

Your friend,

Merab

Dear friend I know things can get tough, but always remember who you are and think about the people that love you. Always have a high…

Dear Friend

I know you feel down, but I am going to give you some tips that  have helped me. Here's tip 1 every morning you woke up give yourself a pep talk. Tip 2 list everything positive about yourself and add more everyday. Tip 3 spend time with friends and family to help boost your confidence. Last, tip 4 to ignore all the bad things and focus on the good ones because you want to keep those memories for a lifetime.

Sincerely, …

Confidence means when you don't feel afraid to do anything. 

Your attitude and your feeling brings you confidence.

You can compliment yourself to boost your confidence.

When you have low self-esteem you can commit bad things you will start wanting to harm yourself and be blaming your parents on how you look. 

Confidence is a feeling or showing about yourself.

What brings down your confidence is being a shy person. 

To boost your confidence…

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No, V-Day does not stand for Valentines Day; it was violence against women day! I went for Latinitas to do the Clothesline Project and a healing hearts tree. For those who don’t know, the clothesline project is a program to address and increase awareness to the issue of violence against women. This is done all around the world in many different ways. We asked survivors, those affected, or anyone who believes the violence has to stop to write messages to one another for encouragement on some…