Month: March 2019

I can honestly say there is a lot of famous figures in the Latino Community. But I am going to talk about two; Frida Kahlo and Cesar Chavez. I think they were two most important people who are now known everywhere. They both fought for what they love and strived for what they wanted. Chavez and Frida both endured a struggle and did what they could to fight back

• 

• 

Cesar Chavez was a union leader a labor organizer, he dedicated his life to improving the treatment and pay/working conditions for farm workers. The people believed in him because he believed in nonviolence, and Cesar believe that farm workers deserved better, treatment, justice, and fairness. I can say he is a big idol to the Latino Community and me because he fought for in his case (farm workers) and wanted better for them. Cesar said, “his job as an organizer was helping ordinary people do extraordinary things”. I think I can relate a lot to this quote because I want to help others do and be extraordinary!!! I don’t just want to teach English to international students, but I want to make a difference in their life which I know is a bit hard, but anything is possible. Also, if you don’t succeed try, try again!

New York, NY – JUNE 05: Lily Aldridge attends the “Ocean’s 8” World Premiere at Alice Tully Hall on June 5, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Stewart/WireImage)

Frida Kahlo was another famous figure in the Latin world specifically in Mexico. She was one of Mexico’s greatest artists who did a lot of self-portrays after getting injured. She later became politically active and was married to Diego Rivera a fellow communist artist and a Mexican painter as well. Frida accomplished that in her paintings you would see traditional Mexican folk art with surrealism making it a symbol of self-expression. She inspired a lot of people; her paintings didn’t just tell a story, but it told us what she was feeling and how she saw herself and the world. Frida Kahlo is inspiring because after her bus accident, many series of surgery, prolonged periods in bed she let nothing stop her from painting. She kept going even though she had it ruff and today is known greatly. Her and Diego’s art work had great influence during a time of turmoil, that influence is still felt today.

I think both of these figures are a representation of the Latino community and a representative of my field. Chavez on one hand and his immense impact on farmers rights and Frida and her use of murals and how strategic they were but yet so inspiring to the world. I specifically want to help out the Latino Community because that is my background and I want to see more Latinos learn English and even go on to a four-year college. I want to change lives more than anything, just like Frida and Chavez did to many people today. I want to help people realize that they can do it 🌟 that they can really shape and change their own life.

• 

• 

The largest mural to grace the new Fourth District Court of Appeal’s Santa Ana courthouse represents Mendez vs. Westminster. The case was considered a precursor to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education that ended separate schools for black students. //ADDITIONAL INFO: Frank is writing about the art being installed at the new appellate courthouse. The art will reflect key court cases in OC history, and at least some of the art was created by kids serving time in Juvinile Hall. frankart.1013.cy CINDY YAMANAKA, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER – CQ’s

Word Count: 612

🎉Welcome back to my blog! 🎉 in my last post I said that this all started back in high school when I met a group of friends who change me and my life. Also made me want to become a English: TESOL teacher . Honestly I had no idea about this type of English teaching until I had kind of witnessed it myself and some of friends took these classes. What intrigued me the most about perusing this career was the Latino Community that I had surrounded myself by.

The Latino Community I would say has grown a lot especially in the United States, according to the Latino Community Foundation ”54% of all school children in California are Latino”! I would say a lot of Latinos think about at some point about coming to the United States to escape whatever it is there trying to get away from or have better opportunities. So, I do believe that the Latino Nation is a community that is becoming well popular and widespread. These group of people are already trying to make a change and definitely are. I see a lot of (ELL) students that are heading to college or are in college and it’s both surprising and a good feeling for me and them to have an opportunity like that, I’m sure it wasn’t easy to get where they are and that’s the beauty of it well at least when I see that.

I think a major milestone that is important is if you are born Latino/Hispanic don’t lose your roots!!! They are very important and being bilingual is a huge advantage that will guarantee you to get somewhere in life. Being Latino has it’s perks. If you have a chance to be apart of this community trust me you won’t regret it, there is a whole lot of beauty to it that your missing out on! The Latino Community is taking over and is going to grow a heck of a lot more !!!

Word Count: 414

Welcome to my page! Mi Comunidad Latina also known as My Latin Community. The purpose of my blog is to tell you about my experience with my Latino friends, family, and culture and what it has basically done for me. Also, how it has shaped who I am today and what I want to do in the future.

Where I got fascinated about the Latino World was not because of my background or my roots, but because of some friends I met in high school. Believe or not I was more Americanized and didn’t speak a word of Spanish. Until I met a couple of friends who only spoke Spanish, and this was slang Spanish different from anything I’ve ever heard. My friends were from El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras different places that had different dialects and spoke different types of Spanish.

• 

I chose this as my topic because it’s the one thing in my life that these people, friends, loved ones gave back to me. They gave me my roots and there’s to share, they helped me not lose that part of me that today I love the most. Who would have thought a couple of people could change your life? Today I love Spanish music I love speaking it, hearing it, I love everything about it honestly. It’s why I want to become an English: TESOL teacher, I want to help those international people who might not think they have a opportunity to learn a new language or to give them a chance at a more immense education. As you can see I’m very passionate about the Latino Community, because just as you learn from teachers I learn from them and their experiences and stories and where they come from and what they had to leave behind just to be where there at right now. I find their stories life changing and meaningful, and that gives me hope in hearing what they went through but also the beauty in what they say and learned from themselves.

My family is original from Mexico, Morelia fun fact that’s my middle name! but I was born in SF, I haven’t gone to Mexico since I was a little baby. Of course, I would love to go and visit and travel there and other places. I think I learn more about Mexico from my boyfriend because he’s original from there (Mx, Guanajuato), but he was born here in the United States! He tells me all about the land there and about his parents, and how the food is way better over there and different from here. I plan to go to Mexico with him in the future I’m pretty nervous because I haven’t been anywhere outside SF since I was little, and this my home and I wouldn’t know what to expect if I left.