Ryan Lochte was born in New York and is of German, English and Cuban descent. His mother was born and raised in Havana, Cuba. Lochte is a professional swimmer with 57 medals in major international competition such as FINA World Aquatic Championships, The Pan Am Games, Olympics and the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. With 37 […]
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Tag Archives: Latino History
NYC Reports Low Grad Rates For Mexican Youth
November 25, 2011 
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By Victoria Cepeda According to today’s NYTimes.com article “Now Arriving: In New York, Mexicans Lag in Education” despite making up for the largest Hispanic population in the city, Mexicans lag in education with severe high school drop out rate and low college enrollment. The reasons cited in the article for this concerning trend are the old too […]
Read more José Celso Barbosa – The Father of The Statehood for Puerto Rico Movement
June 9, 2011 4 Comments
By Efrain Nieves & Victoria Cepeda Often times we witness or read stories about individuals that were ahead of their era. The saying goes “inquisitive minds want to know” and, for me, it’s the the need to learn more about the history of Puerto Rico that drives me. Having been born in the US, schools only taught me about […]
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