By Beatriz Palmer The alarm rings, and it feels as though she just laid her head on the pillow. She gets up, jumps in the shower, makes her cafecito, prepares the lonche and a quick breakfast for her and the…
Por Melanie Slone “Sabía que quería ser abogada cuando tenía 12 años”, dice Maricela Amezola. “Pero mi consejero escolar se rio de mí cuando le dije que quería estudiar derecho”. Nacida en el condado de Orange en el seno de…
By Melanie Slone “I knew I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 12,” says Maricela Amezola. “But my guidance counselor in high school laughed at me when I said I wanted to go to law school.” Born in…
By Melanie Slone “Why don’t you study something else? You’ll never pass.” Geraldine Von Borstel heard these words from everyone after she failed the California Bar Exam. Having grown up amid domestic violence, she knew she had to help immigrant…
Por Melanie Slone “¿Por qué no te dedicas a otra cosa? No vas a probar el Bar Exam nunca”. La Lic. Geraldine Von Borstel escuchaba estas palabras cuando no pasó el examen para abogados en California. Hija de una situación…
Por Melanie Slone La iniciativa “Sanar a través del arte y la naturaleza” de la Fundación Prebys otorgó 5.2 millones de dólares a 50 organizaciones sin fines de lucro que utilizan el arte, la cultura y la naturaleza para fomentar…
By Melanie Slone The Prebys Foundation’s Healing Through Arts and Nature initiative awarded $5.2 million to 50 nonprofit organizations that use arts, culture, and nature to support well-being. “Our intention is to honor culturally grounded approaches in arts, culture, and…
Por Melanie Slone El condado de San Diego busca maneras de construir viviendas para docentes para que puedan vivir en las comunidades donde trabajan. Los docentes solían “vivir en su comunidad, y la verdad es que eso cada vez es…
By Melanie Slone San Diego County is looking for ways to build housing for teachers so they can live in the communities where they work. Teachers used to “live in your community, and the truth is that is increasingly not…
