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Actor Ivonne Coll on playing the matriarch on ‘Jane the Virgin’ at 70

By Kristina Puga August 3, 2017 Stories

Ivonne Coll is not a mother, or a grandmother, in real life, but she plays the role of both on television. Coll, otherwise known as Alba, plays the matriarch of…

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How writing her life story led a woman to inner healing

By Kristina Puga June 21, 2017 Stories
How writing her life story led a woman to inner healing

Maria Aponte was born and raised an only child in East Harlem, otherwise known as “El Barrio,” in New York City, to Puerto Rican parents. Because she lost her mother…

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Bronx poet uses storytelling to educate others about their history

By Kristina Puga April 25, 2017 Stories
Bronx poet uses storytelling to educate others about their history

Bobby Gonzalez has had practically every job you could think of — from a medical records clerk in a hospital to customer service at a utility company. However, he says…

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Pastor walks 150 miles in the name of immigration

By Kristina Puga August 31, 2016 Stories
Pastor walks 150 miles in the name of immigration

Bishop José Garcia, 63, just finished walking an average of 12 miles a day, for 11 days straight. Not for exercise, but for the basic rights of immigrants. “El Camino del Inmigrante,”…

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Borinqueneer still serves as a military intelligence volunteer at 92

By Kristina Puga June 4, 2014 Stories
Borinqueneer still serves as a military intelligence volunteer at 92

The 65th Infantry Regiment, otherwise known as “Borinqueneers,” was created in 1899 by the U.S. Congress as a segregated unit composed primarily of Puerto Ricans. Thousands of these brave men…

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