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Author of “Like Water for Chocolate” releases trilogy
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Award-winning author Laura Esquivel, 70, began writing while working as a kindergarten teacher in her native Mexico. After having had written plays for her students and children’s television programs in the 1970’s and 80’s, she wrote the international best-seller “Like Water for Chocolate” in 1990. It sold over seven million copies around the world and… Read more
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From Migrant Farm Worker to Educator, a Principal Unites His Community With Quinceañeras
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When there’s a problem in San Benito, Texas, Gilbert Galván often comes to the rescue. San Benito is a close-knit city of approximately 25,000, located near the center of the lower Rio Grande Valley – nearing the southernmost tip of Texas. Just as San Benito physically touches Mexico to its west, in the same way,… Read more
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Grandmother, 81, releases debut album with grandson and is nominated by Latin Grammys for “Best Norteño Album”
Irma Silva was born and raised on her family’s ranch, “Rancho El Naranjo,” in General Terán, Nuevo León, Mexico. Ever since she was a little girl, she dreamed of being a singer like her uncles who were members of the Norteño band, Los Alegres de Teherán, which formed in the 1940’s. Instead, due to her… Read more
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First-time author describes his journey from addiction and jail to finally freedom
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Hector La Fosse has had a life more reckless than most. It all started in New York City, in the 1960’s. La Fosse was born – the youngest of seven siblings to Puerto Rican parents. His father was unemployed, and an alcoholic who used to beat his mother. At only 7, La Fosse was raped… Read more
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Award-winning composer of “American Pie 2” makes album for his late mom, singer Eydie Gormé
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Film and television composer David Lawrence, who won an ASCAP Award for the score of “American Pie 2,” was destined for a career in music as the son of the Grammy-winning pop singer of the 60’s and 70s – Eydie Gormé – who sang solo, as well as with her husband, Steve Lawrence, on television,… Read more