With flawless makeup, dressed in black from head to toes, Lesly Gallardo puts on a pair of latex gloves to apply a cream anesthetic over her client’s eyebrows. After this, she covers the area with two pieces of plastic, “because the heat they generate allows the anesthetic to act faster,” which makes the micropigmentation process […]
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Susan Mayberger Legacy with ESL Program
Growing up, whenever the subject of the Omaha Public Schools (OPS) came up, sure enough the name, Susan Mayberger was tied to the story some how. I would hear people say, “Well Susan Mayberger said,” or “Susan Mayberger is involved in helping,” so on and so forth: it seemed to me Susan Mayberger’s name was […]
La Salvadoreña is a highlight of the Vinton Business District thanks to the determination of Blanca Tenorio
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 […]
Polishing the Gem of South Omaha: G.I. Forum undergoes new renovations
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 […]
Dr. Peter Young helps parents and their kids to remain healthy thanks to chiropractic
“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 […]
Women supporting women in search of family harmony
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 […]
Women supporting women in search of family harmony
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 […]
With a commitment to offering quality child care, Merlyn Menjivar opened Twins Daycare on Bellevue
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 […]
Going all out for ‘In the Heights’
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 […]
Charismatic and engaged, Jenny Jauregui gets ready to end her reign as Queen
“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 […]
