
Should You Stay at Home or Go Back to Work Post Baby?
Money, Work
Exclusive excerpt from The REAL COST of LIVING (Perigee/Penguin) by Carmen Wong Ulrich.
Weighing the costs of staying at home vs. going back to work should be personal. Weigh your sanity and happiness against and alongside the financial…

Is Your Child Ready for Advanced Placement?
College Bound, School
The good news: more Latino high school students are enrolling and succeeding in elite Advanced Placement courses.
The bad news: many students—of all ethnicities and races—are walking into the rigorous, college-level classes unprepared…

Tips to Empower Your Daughter
Health, Parenting
When one comes from a culture of kids being seen and not heard, it's important to empower your daughter through words and actions. Validating her voice.
Children are meant to be seen and not heard.
Not now, honey, Mami’s talking.
Oh…

Q&A: Award-Winning Author Esmeralda Santiago
Life, Power Latina News
Esmeralda Santiago, author of best-selling memoir When I was Puerto Rican, and numerous other titles (Almost A Woman and The Turkish Lover) has a new, historical novel hitting bookstores this week. Conquistadora (Alfred A. Knopf), an epic…

Safety Tips For Sharing Your Child's Photos Online
Money, Technology
It’s another ordinary day, scrolling down Facebook’s newsfeed, eyeing the pretty pictures. Oh look, there’s a photo of little Luz peering her head out of a SpongeBob costume. And oh, Anita’s sporting her new headset of braces at school…

Digital Learning: Best Educational Apps for Kids
Resources, School
We’ve all seen it at the dinner table: the kid who simply does not want to part with the iPad, iPod, iPhone, iTouch, iEtc. As frustrating as it may be, let’s accept the fact that the onslaught of i-Accessories have become part of our family’s…

Super Easy, Super Tasty Summer Smoothies
Diet & Nutrition, Health
What's better than sipping on an ice-cold smoothie on a hot summer day? Whether you’re poolside minding the kids or stuck indoors doing laundry, smoothies offer a refreshing alternative to calorie-laden colas. All you need is a few ingredients,…

Are Women's Magazines Depressing You?
Empowerment, Health
As you guide your grocery cart toward the checkout line and past the magazines, an impossibly toned bikini-clad beauty catches your eye. The headline reads ‘Christina Milian’s Amazing Post-Baby Beach Bod!’ You want to keep pushing toward…

A Super Woman's Worth: Alexis Tirado
Life, Power Latina News
This is the first in a series of stories on Daughters We Love. If you would like to nominate a daughter you love to be featured on Mamiverse, tell us about her.
Alicia Keys sought to hire a special someone with spunk, who was also smooth…