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Oct 23, 2024 | 
calonews.com | Sergio Munoz |Sergio Muñoz
Gilbert Vasquez grew up on 8th and Evergreen in Boyle Heights, and despite his modest beginnings, he often found a clever way to frame his upbringing. With a playful smirk, he says, “I was born in the wealthy part of East LA,” then he taps the side of his head, revealing the secret to his success: wealth, he believed, was a state of mind. His parents, originally from Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico, carried their heritage with them—their traditions and values.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | John Whitehouse |Sergio Munoz |Sergio Muñoz
In a video posted to social media, Charlie Kirk denied that he called for the Civil Rights Act to be overturned. He has a track record of suggesting otherwise. For reasons that are not immediately clear, Turning Point USA founder and MAGA personality Charlie Kirk obtained credentials to attend night one of the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Kirk promptly posted a video of himself getting mocked by the president of Georgia Young Democrats.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
calonews.com | Sergio Munoz |Sergio Muñoz
In a journey from Mexicali to Silicon Valley to the hills above San Juan Capistrano, Patty Juárez has been able to become a homeowner three times. Juárez is the executive vice president (EVP), head of Hispanic / Latino affairs at Wells Fargo.
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
calo.org | Sergio Munoz |Sergio Muñoz
Kristy Ortiz was born and raised in Texas, east of Dallas and south of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations in a town called Scurry. Her family on her father’s side were Mexican and on her mother’s side, they were white and Indigenous. After her parents divorced, Kristy’s mother moved to California and this gave her a chance to escape from her small town to spread her wings and fly. Her ancestral family was in Los Angeles, so close they are buried 10 miles from where Kristy lives now.
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Oct 13, 2023 | 
calo.org | Sergio Munoz |Sergio Muñoz
Identity is at the core of a new documentary, “Carlos,” directed by Rudy Valdez and distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. Shot mostly in Las Vegas, Nevada, where Carlos Santana is performing his residency at the House of Blues. Valdez takes us along with Santana as he speaks about his experience in mainstream popular culture over the course of 50 years.
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
calo.org | Sergio Munoz |Sergio Muñoz
As I was driving through one day on the way to buy chicharrón carnudo at the Sahuayo Market on Pomona street in Santa Ana, California, I saw a street sign for a community crop exchange. I stopped to buy some calabazas and began talking with one of the volunteers, Tessie Rios. I asked her if she lived in the area and she told me that she was on the board of the neighborhood association. I felt like I had found a needle in the Mexican haystack to uncover a Puerto Rican homeowner in Floral Park.
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Jul 25, 2023 | 
calo.org | Sergio Munoz |Sergio Muñoz
This month, we talk to Ariela Nerubay. Ariela (she/her/ella) is a Mexican Multicultural and Brand Marketer, born in Mexico City, living in Long Beach. Ariela is a great example of somebody who effectively used the economic housing ladder to reach her dream home. Critical in the mathematics of the economic housing ladder is the concept of accumulating equity ownership in a home. For decades, the financial industry required individuals to save for a 20% down payment to qualify for a mortgage.
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Jun 27, 2023 | 
calo.org | Sergio Munoz |Sergio Muñoz
Lauren Fernandez identifies as a Latina, Cuban American, an attorney, investor and restaurant operator. She grew up in Florida and bought a home in Atlanta, where she currently lives. She is founder of The Fernandez Company, and CEO and founder of Full Course, a restaurant development and investment firm that incubates and accelerates emerging fast casual restaurant brands. She was the developer, owner, and operator of 11 Chicken Salad Chick franchise restaurants.
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Apr 25, 2023 | 
calo.org | Sergio Munoz |Sergio Muñoz
Jazmin Garcia identifies as a Mexican American saleswoman selling technology for nonprofits to grow their objectives. She was born and raised on the border between San Diego, California and Tijuana, Baja California. She currently lives in Chicago. Sergio: Please describe your childhood homeWe lived in an apartment complex in San Diego, California, very close to the beach. Literally not even five minutes by car to the Tijuana border. We moved in my adolescence to a duplex owned by my aunt.
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Mar 28, 2023 | 
calo.org | Sergio Munoz |Sergio Muñoz
Skip to content Home » Opinion » COLUMN: On Prosperity: Featuring Analia Mendez Analia Mendez, 49, She/Her, Lakeside, California, Mexican American ExecutiveWhen I interviewed Mendez over the telephone, I was captivated by the references she kept making to images of farmland.
