Vanessa Lucero has a Bachelor's degree in Media Studies from Hunter College and a Master's degree in Bilingual Journalism from the University of Arizona. She is apart of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and in March 2022, was awarded the NAHJ/NBC fellowship where she had the opportunity to intern for The Halftime Report at CNBC in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Some topics she has covered is the border, environment and culture. She is based in New York.
Contracts of about 40,000 MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, and Wynn Resorts workers have expired, Latinos make 20% of the workforce in the gaming industry.
Latinos remain critical drivers to U.S. homeownership growth, given the fact that they are buying houses younger, growing in population rate and increasing their participation in the labor force
President Biden approved $9 Billion more in student loan forgiveness as a committee representing student loan borrowers and other stakeholders is scheduled to meet next week.
Hispanic women are also more likely to be diagnosed at more advanced stages of the disease and are about 30 percent more likely to die from it than their non-Hispanic white counterparts.
Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. and Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. introduced legislation to designate October 1st as National Latino and Latina Physician Day (NLPD)
Latinos participation is essential to meeting the increasing demand for engineering and tech professionals as projections indicate 10.9 million job openings by 2031
The Culinary Union is Nevada's largest Latino/Black/AAPI/immigrant organization with members who come from 178 countries and speak over 40 different languages
Child Care Aware of America says that the average annual cost of care for one child in the U.S. was $10,600 in 2021 — one-tenth of a couple's average income or more than a third (35%) of a single parent's income.
The New York State Department of Labor launched a new portal enabling businesses to inform the State that they would welcome newly authorized individuals into their workforce.
The House on Mango Street, How the García Girls Lost their Accents and other works penned by Latinos are some of the books by minority authors challenged by persons or groups
From the fields of South America to the streets of New York, this entrepreneur weaved his own brand while providing costumes for the performances of Ecuadorian actors in the city
CEO Mark Magaña says that GreenLatinos will work with advisory boards of different Latino communities to understand what their needs are while the main focus remains on restoration
The bank says that 68% of Black, Hispanic and Latina women surveyed for a report said building generational wealth was a motivation for why they started investing.
According to the Pew Research Center, more than 8 in 10 Hispanics (81%) say addressing global climate change is either a top concern or one of several important concerns to them personally.
Nearly 60,000 migrants are living in city or state-funded shelters. With no more space and migrants sleeping in the streets outside the Roosevelt Hotel. Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul have repeatedly asked for assistance and aid from the federal government.
Coming gigs in Swift's Eras Tour include several dates in Latin American cities as well as US locations with high Latino populations such as Miami and New Orleans.
