Alarm clock, shower, sleepy kids, breakfast, commute, school, work, doctor’s appointment, the big work meeting, parent-teacher conference, that guilty feeling because the tooth fairy forgot to show up, after school activities, karate, yoga, dinner, dishes, kids not wanting to go to bed, huge headache and finally crashing, knowing we’ll have to do it all over […]
Last week was a great one for Mamiverse and me, with special honors and awards, thrills, and the priceless joy of bonding with like-minded Latinas! I’m thrilled to announce that Friday September 20, Mamiverse was presented with the LATISM (Latinos in Tech and Social Media) Award for Best Latin@ Parenting Blog in 2013. I was […]
This past August, the Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic invited me on a media trip that took me and a few other bloggers and journalists to different parts of this beautiful country. We visited Santo Domingo, La Romana and Bayahibe as well the well-known beach destination Punta Cana.
Wait a minute! You’re not old enough to have a college-aged child! Yet here you are, helping prepare college applications, scheduling campus visits and making sure that the senior year of high school goes off without a hitch. In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, Colgate and Mamiverse are honoring college-bound Latinos and their parents with […]
In the early 1950s, as a young boy, my father crossed the Atlantic aboard a TWA Super Constellation propeller airplane that took off in Madrid and landed in New York. He says he immediately felt right at home. A nine-hour ride on a Greyhound bus took him to Pittsburgh, PA, where his aunts and uncles […]
[Mamiverse’s Bilingual Plus is an online channel devoted to bringing parents and educators the bilingual learning tools they need in the form of digital picture books, sing-alongs, and free curriculum-based family activities.] One of the greatest gifts I received from my father is being fully bilingual and bicultural. I am very aware that many Latinos […]
UPDATED August 1st, 2016 My hair is my best asset. At least that’s how I feel about it. The longer and more voluminous my hair, the stronger and more confident I feel. I realize this may seem shallow to many, even offensive to those who have lost their mane to chemotherapy. I know quite a […]
Not all professional conferences are the same! At most, packing a good attitude and a ton of business cards should get you through the day. But at blogging and social media conferences, you will find attendees sharing power outlets, texting as they walk, and exchanging twitter handles instead of cards. Conferences often include fun dinners, […]
Remember when kids didn’t really need their own computers? They could use our desktop for the occasional paper or research, or to play a game. But as more and more of us use our laptops for virtually everything, we find it hard to turn them over to the kids, even if it’s for half an […]