Latino Leaders articles from December 2001

Latino Leaders archives from December 2001

American Latinos.(conference on Hispanic community development)(Wall Street Summit)
December 1, 2001... A month after the terrorist attacks in New York City, a small number of business leaders, high ranking activists, media captains and political figures got together to discuss, debate and learn from each other how to empower Latinos in the...

Letters.(Carta al editor)
December 1, 2001... Congratulations on the success Latino Leaders magazine has obtained since it has been in publication. Please know that Latino Leaders is widely respected and that the Latino population greatly appreciate how accurately the magazine has captured...

Editor's note.
December 1, 2001... As the year draws to an end, we are thrilled to present the first in a series of Latino Leaders special features, extensive reports on Hispanics that will regularly grace our pages. This issue's offering focuses on the Hispanic contribution to...

Groundbreaking author Angie Cruz talks about her vibrant and colorful debut novel Soledad.(Entrevista)
December 1, 2001... I have literally just finished reading Soledad, and I have to admit that I just couldn't put it down. How do you feel about the great response to your first novel? I'm excited, but it's a little bittersweet just because of everything that...

The proof is in the puddings.(businesswoman Maria de Lourdes Sobrino, founder of Lulu's Dessert)(Entrevista)(Noticia de portada)
December 1, 2001... Add fresh fruit flavors, a traditional recipe from south of the border, a lot of hard work, and leave to set. The tasty result, if you're Maria de Lourdes Sobrino, otherwise known as Lulu, is Lulu's Dessert, a multimillion dollar company that...

Ready to rumble: civil rights heavyweight Raul Yzaguirre on life, the evolution of the NCLR, and giving Latinos a fighting chance.(National Council of La Raza)(Entrevista)
December 1, 2001... Raul Yzaguirre President of the National Council of La Raza Washington, DC Q. How did you first get involved in the civil rights movement? A. You can't grow up in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas and not understand that...

Adam Rodriguez on success and girlfriends from outer space: behind every success story lies a wonderful piece of luck. Adam Rodriguez likes to think of it as serendipity. The 26-year-old actor, who stars on UPN's hit show Roswell, reflects on the improbabilities of his own success.(Entrevista)
December 1, 2001... "It always amazes me when 1 think about all the little things that brought me here," he says, wrapping up his life story. It's a talc that finishes with him sitting in a fashionable Beverly Hills eatery--a hot young actor, granting an interview...

Covering the bases: Chicago Cubs right fielder Sammy Sosa has stolen the hearts of baseball fans worldwide for reasons that go beyond the baseball diamond.(Entrevista)(Noticia de portada)
December 1, 2001... Shivering and shaking, bellowing and cheering, the baseball fans packed into Chicago's Wrigley Field October 7, eschewed their seats and warm blankets in the eighth inning of the Cubs" season finale because they knew they were witnessing...

A labor of love: Hispanics in the Napa wine industry.
December 1, 2001... Beginning with early 18th-Century winemaking in the California missions established by Franciscan Father Junipero Serra, through the bitter grape pickers' struggles of the late 1960s and early 1970s to the present day, Mexican-Americans have...

He's the real thing: with a taste for enhancing Hispanic opportunity, Rudy Beserra is backed by the most potent icon of American culture.(Assistant Vice President of Latin Affairs for Coca-Cola)(Entrevista)
December 1, 2001... Rudy Beserra Assistant Vice President of Latin Affairs for the Coca-Cola Company Atlanta, Georgia When you enter the Atlanta office of Rudy Beserra, Assistant Vice President of Latin Affairs for the Coca-Cola Company, possibly the...

From activist to capitalist.(philathropist David Lizarraga)(Entrevista)
December 1, 2001... Many of the world's great philanthropists were known first for their business acumen, their largesse only coming after years with the nose to the capitalist grindstone, David Lizarraga, however, seems to have taken the opposite route. From...

There's more to Brazil than Bunda.(singer Claudia Villela)(Entrevista)
December 1, 2001... Singer Claudia Villela's effortless voice moves like a bird, sometimes lingering over dense rhythms and haunting guitar melodies, sometimes whipping up a frenzy of improvised scatting. There is something that recalls a Brazilian rain forest:...