Latinos

Droppin’ Science: Why does evidence based information minimize risk?

President Obama nominated astrophysicist France A. Cordova to head the National Science Foundation.  I first became aware of this when I saw the headline, “First Latina to be nominated to head National Science Foundation”.  My first thought was, ‘What is the National Science Foundation?’ Turns out the NSF supports fundamental

“I am an American!” Marc Anthony helps us understand what it means to be the “Other”

Entertainer Marc Anthony has suddenly emerged as a voice of reason for the 50 Million Hispanics in the United States.  Following his rendition of God Bless America at the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star game he became the target of a series of racist tirades on social media.   The 44

How the streets of Los Angeles prepared me to work with Latinos in the Deep South

"Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals"     -David Hume In June 1993 I was hired for a part time job with a carefully selected group of teens at a community health center in California’s San Fernando Valley. The program accepted a small group of youth and taught them