Blanca Tenorio remembers when she arrived from El Salvador like it was yesterday way back on January 2006: “I was studying engineering at the Universidad Nacional de San Miguel, but my whole family was already here, so I started to feel lonely.” When she arrived in the United States, Tenorio began to work at restaurants […]
The brightly colored walls set the mood during lunch hour at the G.I. Forum. People are chatting and laughing, enjoying their lunch, and trying to escape the heat from the outside. Servers mil around the restaurant, taking orders and refill drinks. Jokes and stories are shared between groups of customers sitting at the pristine new […]
“Who wouldn’t want to avoid waking up in the morning saying ‘oh God, everything hurts!’ or something like ‘I can’t move today, so I better stay home and not go to work’? It is awful when we have to go to work and complain from pain all day or feel as if our legs are […]
During the months of April and May, the Mujeres y Valores (Women and Values) program once again took place at the Completely Kids facilities. Maria Otilia Montelongo, one of the event’s organizers, explained that this program was started by a religious woman who now lives in South Dakota, and is based on a similar program […]
During the months of April and May, the Mujeres y Valores (Women and Values) program once again took place at the Completely Kids facilities. Maria Otilia Montelongo, one of the event’s organizers, explained that this program was started by a religious woman who now lives in South Dakota, and is based on a similar program […]
The new building for Twins Daycare opened its doors on May thanks to founder Merlyn Menjivar Martinez, an entrepreneur born in El Salvador where she studied preschool education. “I arrived in the United States in 1996, and I worked at meatpacking plants,” said Menjivar, adding that it wasn’t until her twin sons were born that […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda is the hottest name in American theater thanks to the phenomenal success of his award-winning musicals In the Heights and Hamilton. Now, for the first time, one of his signature works will be produced locally when Heights runs June 29-July 2 at Omaha South High School. This first-time collaboration between SNAP Productions and […]
“What the pageant did for me is greatly help me in my professional and personal life,” said Jenny Jauregui, Miss Queen of the Fiestas Patrias 2016. The beautiful young woman is getting ready to end her reign and to crown the next winner of the pageant – but first, she talks about all she lived […]
After debuting last year, the El Museo Latino Artist Residency Program is back with three new artists in residence at the South Omaha museum through July. The two-month residency. which began June 2, comes with a $1,000 stipend per artist and access to studio space, equipment and supplies as well as mentoring-networking and teaching-exhibit opportunities. […]
When it was time for him to choose a career, Sargent Nicholas Yanez never doubted he wanted to be part of the Police Department: “Ever since I was little, I always knew I wanted to help people in my community.” Yanez, who is originally from Texas, first served his country in the Air Force […]
