In Sierra Vista, Ramon Rosario Jr. retrieves his mail from the offices of KWR Construction. Rosario no longer works for the company, but he still holds the management in high regard. “I’ve been with them for seven years; they are good people,” Rosario said. “All of them are good people.” Kind words like Rosario’s…
In the Latino household, the abuela is the head of the house Her word is final and her wisdom is in demand. Today’s Latinas recognize the value of the grandmother, but are not seeing themselves in that role. They are focusing on going to college, pursing a career and making there lives all about…
Milta Ortiz, moved to Tucson with her husband solely to write the documentary drama play titled Más, about the banning of Mexican-American studies in the Tucson Unified School District. Ortiz, Borderland Theater’s marketing and outreach director, is passionately working with her husband, Marc Pinate, the theater’s producing director, to bring the theater centerstage to new…
In South Tucson, the road to affordable healthcare is paved with good intentions, but local organizations have often struggled to convert purpose into productivity when it comes to aiding the uninsured. With a population that is more than 70 percent Hispanic, South Tucson has unique needs for health care coverage: approximately one in four uninsured…
Both cities of Nogales, “Ambos Nogales,” rest side by side along the border between the United States and Mexico, and each day thousands of people cross the border and commerce is conducted across the border in various forms. These two cities rest in two different countries, but the economies of both cities are intertwined. All…
