I met Sara Huddleston a few years ago while searching for contacts in the Latino community in Storm Lake. Most everyone I spoke to would tell me the same thing: “You have to talk to her, she is an icon in our community, and she will help you for sure."...
I met Sara Huddleston a few years ago while searching for contacts in the Latino community in Storm Lake. Most everyone I spoke to would tell me the same thing: “You have to talk to her, she is an icon in our community, and she will help you for sure."...
For the last few years, I have partnered with different organizations in my attempt to inform the Latino community in Iowa about the political process. The best tool I have is my Spanish podcast, Que Pasa Iowa? From the complex changes to the caucus process this...
I just received my absentee ballot in the mail — how exciting it is to think that my vote can be counted in the effort to rid ourselves from this Trump administration. It takes a while to read through all the names and offices on the front of the ballot, from state...
John Hawkins, the first Black chief juvenile court officer in Iowa's fifth judicial district, is the perfect illustration of resiliency, discipline and perseverance. He is the best example any young person can have in overcoming obstacles and becoming the best...
"Claudia, I need to let you know that I just created the nolovenotacos.org," Alfonso Medina, owner of Marshalltown's La Carreta, said during a recent phone call. About two months ago, I had the pleasure of writing about Alfonso and the hate letters he received...
"Claudia, I need to let you know that I just created the nolovenotacos.org," Alfonso Medina, owner of Marshalltown's La Carreta, said during a recent phone call. About two months ago, I had the pleasure of writing about Alfonso and the hate letters he received...
Who could forget Donald Trump’s speech more than four years ago when he said: "When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you, they are sending people that have lots of problems, and they are bringing those problems with us....
Every time a new business opens, I get excited, but when a new business is opened by a young, entrepreneurial Latino couple, I'm thrilled. When I first moved to Des Moines, there were not that many Latino restaurants or places to go to, but after twenty years, I...
There are only 38 days until Election Day, and some of us cannot wait to see change. For many in the Latino community, this administration has been a nightmare from day one, with us enduring the insults of then-candidate Trump to suffering growing persecution and...
