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Sonia Perez Gandara was born in Chicago and raised in the Little Village neighborhood. She considers herself a "Tex-Mex Chicana" as her mother is from Harlingen, Texas, and her father is from Mexico City, Mexico. She earned her B.A. in broadcast journalism-television from Columbia College. Contact Sonia at sgand28@yahoo.com.

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First Latina nominated to the Supreme Court

What a day!President Barack Obama announced that he chose federal appeals judge, Sonia Sotomayor, to become the nation's first Latina Supreme Court...
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Crowd turnout at the May Day March is smaller

Where is everyone?Word has it, that there's not much of a crowd, at all, for today's May Day March for immigration reform.When the May Day March first...
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Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina in big trouble?

Yahoo! posted an interesting article on countries that can face some severe economic troubles. The scary part? Three Latino countries made the the top...
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Who is Isabel Toledo?

As we all know by now, First Lady Michelle Obama chose a gorgeous sparkly yellow ensemble by Isabel Toledo for Inauguration Day. This was not the...
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Spend your fin de semana with Che

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I got the scoop on Che, a new film about the life of Ernesto "Che" Guevara that stars Benicio Del Toro.For one week only, Century Centre...
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Latino celebrities keep lining up for the Latino Inaugural Gala in D.C.

The 2009 Latino Inaugural Gala, which will take place on Sunday, Jan. 18th, at Union Station in Washington D.C., will be a star studded event.Latino...
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Latino Governor withdraws from Cabinet post

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, President-elect Barack Obama's pick for commerce secretary, has withdrawed from his nomination under pressure of a...
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Alderman pushes a Little Village activist

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I just got this link sent to me. My sister actually mentioned that she seen this on FOX News, and I tried looking...
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Telemundo anchor questions President-elect Barack Obama

Telemundo Chicago gets credited as being the first Spanish media to question the President-elect during a press...
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Viva Puerto Rico! The history of Puerto Ricans in Chicago

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I honestly thought I knew everything about Puerto Ricans. The ignorant side of me thought Puerto Ricans had it easier than other Latino communities...
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