Maria Librado's Blog – November 2011 Archive (3)

Set goals for yourself. Both long term and short term.

And when I mean for yourself, I mean FOR YOURSELF, not for anyone else.

I know your parents and your school may have expectations of you, but what do you want for YOU?

Maybe you’re thinking, I’m really young, how can I possibly think of what I want for myself? But NO! That’s the wrong way to think. You are capable of determining what you want in the present (now) and in the…

Through my life I have learned from personal lessons (and those of friends) that there is always a wrong and right way to go about handling the boy(s) in your life. First, boys will always be confusing or frustrating to some degree. Whether they’re your dad, your brother, your crush, your boyfriend or your husband, things never change. We’ll never fully understand them but we also aren’t supposed to, just like they’re never going to understand us.

Second, never let a boy (or…

This past week, my Latinitas were visited by special guest speakers to share about themselves and their careers in relation to media and technology. For my elementary school, we had founder and online radio host of NotiHispano, Mario Tapia! :D The girls conducted a press conference type interview and learned so much about him and his career in radio broadcasting. The girls were shy at first, but with his engaging and friendly personality, Mario was able to get the girls into action and by…