En todo lo que hace la NUIHC hay un gran énfasis sobre respetar las tradiciones de los nativos estadounidenses. En ocasiones incluso llevan a cabo servicios funerarios, recientemente para Zachary Bearheels, el hombre con enfermedad mental que recibió disparos de pistolas paralizantes y que fue golpeado en múltiples ocasiones por la policía de Omaha en […]
He’s already logged thousands of hours and tens of thousands of miles to photograph thousands of species, and yet he’s far from finished. “We are a little more than halfway done after 12 years with just over 7,500 species (photographed). Because we’ll now have to travel farther and wider to get the remaining species (an […]
When we talk about women entrepreneurs, we have to talk about Mary Cano, Latino mother who has successfully entered the business scene in Omaha. Back in 2017 she took on a project to open a business at the Crossroads Mall, a location that was not the most popular spot in the city but that, as […]
Latinos are known for their tenacity to take on new crafts that they probably didn’t previously picture themselves working on, and yet they take on that new challenge and showcase the talent that makes them such great workers. An example of this is Samuel Pulido, a psychologist that graduated in Mexico City and who one […]
Se presentó en la ciudad de Omaha uno de los conjuntos musicales del genero norteño más destacados en los últimos años, por su peculiar manejo del saxofón y acordeón: El Conjunto Sol de Ojinaga. Guaca Maya Night Club fue el responsable de esta exitosa presentación, y fue en dicho escenario donde este sexteto musical pudo […]
As Eduardo Aguilar walked down an Omaha Creighton Prep hallway one school day last April, he had no idea a lifelong dream would soon be secured. Counselor Jim Swanson pulled the then-high school senior out of his international relations class on the pretext of seeing how he was doing. It’s something Swanson often did with Aguilar, whose undocumented parents were […]
If Noah had a camera, perhaps he would have done what noted nature and wildlife photographer Joel Sartore is doing. Sartore, who resides in Lincoln, Neb., is a star National Geographic shooter in the midst of an epic project, aptly named Photo Ark, that’s creating an archive of global biodiversity in order to raise awareness […]
Shawne Coonfare, Director of the Juvenile Assessment Center (JAC), says the JAC’s general philosophy is if a youth is eligible to be diverted from formal court processing, then they need to do that. “It’s really more about supporting youth and young people in what they need than keeping them out of court. What’s most important […]
One of the programs that Boys Town offers that has the largest impact is out of its South Omaha Office. Staffers work directly with South High School and Marrs Middle School. “And our primary approach there is to work with a school counselor, a gang interventionist, and families directly, when an adult in a young […]
KMTV Channel 3 news reporter Maya Saenz is living a dream that started as a girl in rural Colorado watching Telemundo Denver and KUSA NBC Channel 9. Saenz ended up working at both stations before joining KM3 in 2016. This youngest of three sisters is the only one not born in Chihuahua, Mexico, where the […]
