The YWCA Greater Austin and Teresa

It is with great pleasure to share with you the good news of being elected as President of the YWCA Greater Austin Board of Directors! The YWCA Greater Austin is located at 2015 South IH 35, Suite 110, and has been a part of the Austin community since its incorporation as the YWCA of the [...]

Interview with Margaret Regan, author of newly published, The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona-Mexico Borderlands

The migrant issue is always one that is certainly full of diverse emotions, numerous perspectives, and differing experiences. It is a subject that I am familiar with on a personal level, as well as an intellectual level, as I put a lot of time and thought into the subject. I share with you a few [...]

Book Review | Just Like Us, The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age In America by Helen Thorpe

A powerful and moving account of four young women from Mexico who have lived most of their lives in the United States and attend the same high school. Two of them have legal documentation and two do not. Just Like Us is their story… and the story of many others. This brilliant, fast-paced work of [...]

Book Review of America Libre, A Novel of Family, Country, and Revolution by Raul Ramos y Sanchez

I met Raul Ramos y Sanchez on a Latina writers’ group website, NuncaSola. I’m not sure how our contact occurred but all the same a pleasure to have made his acquaintance. I have since followed his public debut as a writer and marveled at his tenacity to publication. After five months as a self-published edition, [...]