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Jun 2, 2024 | chronicleonline.com | Bita Honarvar

More women are reaching the top ranks of the corporate suite of S&P 500 companies, but their numbers are still miniscule compared to their male counterparts. The AP’s and Equilar’s compensation study included pay data for 341 CEOs at S&P 500 companies who have served at least two fiscal years at their companies, which filed proxy statements between Jan. 1 and April 30. Of these, 25 were women. That’s the most women making the list since Equilar and AP started doing the study in 2011.

Mar 30, 2024 | palabranahj.org | Allison Salerno |Bita Honarvar |Fernanda Santos

Hernan Mosquera arrived at the Best Friend Park Gymnasium in chilly predawn darkness at 5:30 a.m on presidential primary day to set up and secure voting equipment. The site opened for voters at 7 a.m. It was his first time working the polls for the Gwinnett County Voter Registration and Elections Office and his day would be long — nearly 16 hours, the skies dark again when he left at 9 p.m.A lanky 40-year-old, Mosquera sees working the polls as his patriotic duty.

Oct 4, 2023 | palabranahj.org | Reportaje De |Aitana Vargas |Imágenes de |Bita Honarvar

“Fue, de hecho, útil porque en vez de tratar de averiguar por mi cuenta qué asignaturas necesitaba, o si estaba matriculado en las asignaturas correctas, podía simplemente acudir al centro de asesoría, hablar con alguien que pudiera orientarme y encaminarme en la dirección que necesitaba ir”, explicó. “Me quitó un gran estrés de encima”.

Sep 23, 2023 | palabranahj.org | Aitana Vargas |Bita Honarvar |Jessica Kutz

Debanhi Romero, a first-generation Latina student at Georgia State University (GSU), found her first year of college classes difficult to keep up with. Her parents, who were born in Mexico, never had the chance to go to college. But in the fall of 2022, with the help of an academic scholarship, she began pursuing a Bachelor's degree with a concentration in studio arts. She was juggling a part-time job, and with a 2.61 GPA after her first semester, she was on the cusp of losing her scholarship.

Mar 15, 2023 | palabranahj.org | Bita Honarvar