North County Informador July 2022



By Melanie Slone Cheech Marin spoke to us in front of Frank Romero’s “The Arrest of the Paleteros” (1996), a celebrated work in the Chicano art movement. It depicts ice-cream vendors being arrested in Echo Park, Los Angeles, for not…

Reciben la Beca Bill de la Fuente Por Edward Becerra, Education Begins in the Home, Empowering Latino Futures Bill de la Fuente recibió a nueve galardonados, sus padres y amigos y a patrocinadores en la sexta anual celebración de la…

Recipients are awarded the Bill de la Fuente Scholarship By Edward Becerra, Education Begins in the Home, Empowering Latino Futures Bill de la Fuente welcomed nine student recipients, their parents, friends, and sponsors to the 6th Annual Bill de la Fuente…

Based in San Marcos, the Núñez sisters’ program leads the community through education By Yenni Patiño A pair of trailblazers named Arcela and Maria Nuñez are helping the immigrant community in North San Diego County face one of its greatest…

Empoderamiento mediante el ejemplo Por Yenni Patiño Basado en San Marcos, el programa de las hermanas Núñez empodera a la comunidad a través de la educación. Un par de pioneras llamadas Arcela y María Núñez están ayudando a la comunidad…


By Héctor Ericksen-Mendoza, Past President 2015–2016 In Escondido, California, a group of small business owners, community activists, educators, politicians, retirees, and artists got together who had two things in common—we were Latino/a and we supported charities in North County San Diego.…

Por Héctor Ericksen-Mendoza En Escondido, California, un grupo de propietarios de pequeñas empresas, activistas comunitarios, educadores, políticos, personas jubiladas y artistas se reunieron con dos atributos compartidos—éramos latinos y contribuíamos a obras caritativas en el condado norte de San Diego.…