A master’s program can be a great way to switch careers or build momentum in your current track. But it’s important to think hard about what you’ll get out of a graduate degree before you make the investment, because some master's degrees are much more valuable than others.
Every year, Forbes turns to compensation site PayScale to reveal the best and worst master’s degrees for jobs. READ MORE AT FORBES
Hispanics make up about a quarter of the U.S. student population, nearly half of whom reside in our two most-populous states — California and Texas. But while 1 in 5 U.S. students call these states home, California and Texas have access to only 4 percent of the national spots at the National Geographic Bee, the U.S. Academic Decathlon, Letters About Literature, the Presidential Scholars Program award and several other iconic academic competitions. READ MORE AT WASHINGTON POST
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Noted Author Elsie Guerrero Releases New Children’s Books to Promote Disability Awareness & Inclusion
Washington, D.C. – Children’s author and disability rights advocate Elsie Guerrero has released various books aimed at promoting disability awareness and inclusion. Her two newest titles, “Dancing Luna” and “I Am Unique,” takes on disability issues and translates them into easy-to-understand concepts to which children can relate. Elsie’s Hispanic heritage and background working with children with physical and mental disabilities (specifically children with autism) while witnessing the social difficulties these children often experience on the playground, have inspired her to promote inclusion by writing books specifically for children.
“My ultimate goal with writing children’s books is to spread awareness and promote inclusion,” she said. “I also believe that there are not enough books related to children with special needs or Latino issues. I thinks education in awareness at this level will greatly contribute to a culture of appreciation for those who are unique.”
Most of Elsie’s books focus on removing the negative stigma associated with having a disability while promoting the positive elements instead. In “I Am Unique,” a girl born with cerebral palsy is routinely ostracized and teased at school. She then learns to embrace her disability, thanks to a wonderful family support system.
Elsie says she never intended to be an author, and instead fell into the role.
“It was not a career goal or something I saw myself doing in my future, but after resigning my job working with autistic children to work at a law firm, I began to miss them,” she said. “I would think about the children I used to work with and how much they made me laugh. There was never a dull moment working with autistic children.”
Elsie’s first published book, “How Emily & Eli Became Friends” is about the characteristics of a child who has autism.
You can find and purchase these titles online at Goodreads.com.
About Elsie Guerrero
Elsie Guerrero currently works as a Bilingual ABA Therapist with The Sparks Group, LLC where she routinely serves and represents Latino children with special needs. She holds a Bachelor's in Government from California State University, Sacramento, an Executive Master of Public Administration from Golden Gate University and Master of Public Affairs and Practical Politics from the University of San Francisco. She is also the founder of Advancing Latinas into Leadership (ALL), a mentorship program designed to help young Latinas with college preparedness, self-empowerment and professional development.
Dear all:
Launching a project in Catarse ( brazilian crowdfunding site) that may be of interest to some of you:
An inclusive children’s book developed with an innovative Braille print created by author and graphic designer Wanda Gomes from Brazil.
This Braille print creates a new whole experienced for the children, visually impaired or not because allows textures, reliefs and even scents to be printed!
The collection is called Adélia Cozinheira (Spanish - Adelia Cocinera) and is already in Portuguese with 9 thousand copies distributed.
The funding is to print 500 copies in Spanish for dissemination in Book Fairs in México, Colombia and Argentina with Spanish publishers who have already requested the collection and the american hispanic market.
A very important project for the education and inclusion of children with visual impairment.
The project also seeks investors to cover or exceed the total value for a larger print run and distribution.
Access the project at: https://www.catarse.me/adeliacozinheira/
(Google Translator at the bottom of the site)
Portuguese Article in Draft Project: http://projetodraft.com/imagine-criar-livros-com-sistema-braile-com-texturas-aromas-e-sensacoes-este-e-o-proposito-da-wg/
Spanish article at:
http://formaciongrafica.net/magazine/la-columna-de/marcio-dupont/diseno-editorial-inclusivo
English Post at: https://designresearchportal.wordpress.com/2017/05/07/inclusive-childrens-book-support-us/
Thanks in advance for your support and sharing!
By the way, I´m mexican living in São Paulo, Brasil looking for design jobs at the USA.
My LinkedIn at:https://www.linkedin.com/in/marciodupont/
With college debts at all-time highs and education loan payments about to start coming due, graduation season can be filled not only with a justifiable sense of accomplishment and high hopes but with a clear angst about how to get your first job and begin a meaningful career. Even though the Great Recession is behind us and our nation enjoys low unemployment rates, you still need to be smart about how you enter the full-time workforce.
Here are some insights and tips to keep in mind in this season of possibilities. READ MORE AT U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
On Friday, October 20, The Financial Services Pipeline (FSP) hosted more than 100 leaders from Chicago’s top financial services firms at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago for its 4th Annual FSP Summit. The event addressed the need to increase the representation of African Americans and Latinos in the financial services industry.
This year’s theme was Advancing Cultural Transformation. The Summit was led by the organization’s CEO Leadership Council Co-Chairs: John W. Rogers, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Ariel Investments, Matt Feldman, President and CEO of Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago and Dr. Helene Gayle, President and CEO of the Chicago Community Trust.
Andrés Tapia, Senior Client Partner and Global Diversity & Inclusion Solutions Leader for Korn Ferry, delivered the keynote address. Attendees were engaged in the conversation as Tapia stressed the importance of cultural competency as a leading factor to continue increasing racial diversity within the sector.
New research that debuted at the FSP Summit shows that if no changes are made to hiring and retention processes within the next few years, the number of African-American and Latino talent will remain stagnant. Additional research updates showcased:
Promotion: Consistently lower promotion rates for African-American and Latino talent since 2014
Hiring: African-American and Latino talent are being hired at greater rates since last surveyed in 2014
Retention: The gap in attrition rates has narrowed, but rates remain higher for African-American and Latino talent
Note: 2017 Research report available upon request.
Events like the FSP Summit and the organization’s annual Intern Career Conference look to engage more institutions and industry leaders to continue thinking strategically as they strive to increase racial diversity within their organizations.
FSP CEO Leadership Council Co-Chairs. From L to R: Matt Feldman, President and CEO of Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, Dr. Helene Gayle, President and CEO of the Chicago Community Trust, and John W. Rogers, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Ariel Investments. [Photo Credit: Miguel Zuno for FSP]
Perika Sampson, Regional Diversity Officer, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, speaks on best practices for retention of diverse employees. [Photo Credit: Miguel Zuno for FSP]
Dr. Helene Gayle of the Chicago Community Trust moderates a candid discussion between fellow FSP co-chairs Matt Feldman and John W. Rogers, Jr. on the importance of instating top-down policies on workplace diversity. [Photo Credit: Miguel Zuno for FSP]
Keynote speaker, Andrés Tapia, Global Diversity & Inclusion Solutions Leader for Korn Ferry, addresses attendees at the 4th Annual FSP Summit [Photo Credit: Miguel Zuno for FSP]
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"We are witnessing an Hispanic Aging boom," said Jane L. Delgado, PhD, MS, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, the nation's leading Hispanic health advocacy group. "Hispanics are one of the fastest growing segments of older adults; however, community resources are not meeting the needs of our population. The partnership announced today seeks to change that by supporting new PACE programs in Hispanic communities so that all have access to quality care," added Dr. Delgado.
PACE is an innovative model of care for persons 55+, often bringing together Medicare and Medicaid funding, and centered on the belief that it is better for the well-being of people with chronic care needs to live and be served in the community whenever possible. READ MORE AT PR NEWSWIRE
The Hispanic population in the United States hit 57 million last year and the demographic accounts for more than half of the total U.S. population growth since 2004.
A Pew Research Center study found that California is the state with the highest number of Latinos, 15 million. Second is Texas (10.4 million), followed far behind by Florida (4.8 million), New York (3.7 million), and Illinois (2.2 million).
The three counties with the highest rate of Latino population growth, however, are in North Dakota. Between 2007 and 2014, Williams County's Latino population grew 367 percent, followed by Stark County (294 percent) and Ward County (117 percent). READ MORE AT NEWSMAX
(May 15, 2018) Washington, D.C. – Today, noted author and disability advocate Elsie Guerrero released her sixth book titled ABC: Now I Know Common Disabilities to highlight common disabilities children sometimes see in their classroom. This book was inspired by all the feedback she received from the community as an advocate and child therapist.
“I was a speaker at a disability expo event and many people would ask ‘what about hearing impairment?’ or ‘what about sickle cell?,’ and I told them that I would work on that and address most of the common disabilities in my writings. I decided to highlight many of them in this book,” said Elsie.
This book not only highlights and explains common disabilities, but it does so with an array of diverse characters and rich, colorful illustrations. Many of the children are of different backgrounds and ethnicities. To purchase a copy of the book, click here. To learn more about the author, please visit www.elsieguerrero.com.
About Elsie Guerrero
Elsie Guerrero currently works as a Bilingual ABA Therapist with The Sparks Group, LLC where she routinely serves and represents Latino children with special needs. She holds a Bachelor's in Government from California State University, Sacramento, an Executive Master of Public Administration from Golden Gate University and Master of Public Affairs and Practical Politics from the University of San Francisco. She has been featured on Telemundo and NBC News and has authored other works related to children’s disability.
It is only natural to be fearful when searching for a job, especially if you are a new graduate. But fear will take you nowhere. As in all aspects of life, fear is not a good element in making a decision.
Even those who need to change jobs are petrified by fear: fear of leaving a comfortable job, fear of starting over and fear of being rejected. Most of these apprehensions are borne out of the overall fear of the unknown.
You must conquer all these worries so you can be fearless in your job seeking. Here are the right tips that will make you strong and courageous in finding the right job that will make you and your pockets happy.
1. Focus on what you can do for the company and not on yourself
One of the best ways of conquering your fear of the unknown is not to be concerned about yourself. When going for a job interview, focus on the needs of the company and how you can fulfill those needs. You will notice that your mind will be more concentrated on the company and not on your fearful emotions. READ MORE AT JOBS AND HIRE
Hispanic and Latino people in the U.S. have a high risk of heart pumping problems that can lead to heart failure, but most who have these disorders don't know it, a recent study suggests.
Researchers examined heart ultrasounds for more than 1,800 Hispanic/latino adults in four U.S. cities and found about half of them had cardiac dysfunction that put them at increased risk for heart failure, a chronic disease that happens when the heart can't pump enough blood to keep the body healthy.
But fewer than 1 in 20 of these patients with cardiac dysfunction knew they had a problem, the authors report in the journal Circulation: Heart Failure. READ MORE AT FOX NEWS LATINO
In the next 15 years, the Hispanic population in the United States is expected to grow by 20 million people, a rate of growth that is three times the national average. In Nashville, the Hispanic population in 2010 was 106,257 people, and is expected to grow to 326,609 people in a similar time period.
This makes the U.S. Hispanic population the fastest growing segment of the population, and one that will have a significant health care presence. Today, more than 10 million Hispanic Americans are eligible to get health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act. READ MORE AT THE TENNESSEAN
There's good news and bad news when it comes to American mortality — and the bad is threatening to overwhelm the good.
On the positive side, there are fewer deaths, per 100,000 people, from car accidents. There are fewer deaths from cancer. And there has been significant progress in recent years in driving down the death rate from heart disease.
Add to that the aggressive interventions in medical care in old age, and the picture is one of Americans living significantly longer — gaining exactly two years in life expectancy from 2000 to 2014, according to a report published Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. READ MORE AT THE WASHINGTON POST
It’s a fact: women and minorities are underrepresented in the legal profession. Latinos for example, make up 18 percent of the population, yet comprise only 4 percent of U.S. lawyers. This coupled with Pew Hispanic Research’s report that 3.2 million Latinos living in the U.S. don’t speak English, begs the question who is helping Spanish-speaking Latinos navigate the legal system, when Spanish language resources are limited?
As long as Latinos are underrepresented in the legal profession, the Latino community will remain underserved. READ MORE AT HUFFPOST
Increasing college enrollment rates among American-born Hispanics and a surge in Latina entrepreneurship aren’t enough to eliminate wage disparities that prevent Latino families from improving their economic well-being, according to a new report.
“Latinos are better educated than ever before. In many ways, we are moving forward,” said Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’ release of “The Economic State of the Latino Community in America” report.
“But this last recession has really hurt the Latino-Hispanic community,” Sanchez said.
It certainly hurt Arizona’s Hispanics, who make up nearly one-third of the state’s population, said James Garcia, a spokesman for the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. READ MORE AT CASA GRANDE DISPATCH
Whether you're looking to find yourself in a book or lose yourself in a story, there's a colorful and magical literary world to explore through the lens of Latino authors.
You can discover the magic in reality with Gabriel García Márquez, the wonders of love with Pablo Neruda and the power of identity with Sandra Cisneros -- to name a few.
With that in mind, we asked The Huffington Post newsroom to share a book by a Latino author that shaped their life or simply became a favorite. So if you want to find inspiring words between the pages of your next literary obsession, you're in luck.
Here are 23 books by Latino authors that should be on your must-read list:
1. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez READ MORE AT HUFFINGTONPOST
A half-century ago this week, Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers voted to join Larry Itliong and Filipino farmworkers’ in commencing the Delano Grape Strike. Their fight for justice would serve as a catalyst for the Latino civil rights movement and mark the beginning of more widespread acknowledgement of Latinas as movement leaders. But Dolores Huerta was not the first to lead Latinos towards justice, she was simply part of the next generation of Latina leaders in a long lineage of freedom fighters committed to empowering our communities.
Similarly, far from the fields of Delano, CA but rooted just as firmly in the heart of the Latino community, we find Dr. Ana Yáñez-Correa, a national social justice leader who has been fighting to reform the criminal justice system in Texas- a state whose tough on crime rhetoric has given it one of the highest incarceration rates in the nation.
Save for International Women’s Day, it's rare to hear or read anything about the ways in which Latinas have impacted women’s lives both in the U.S. and worldwide. Why is that? Was it decided somewhere along the way that women of color had their own sheroes -- heroines who fought for some odd form of equality that is not, in fact, “for all” but just for them? It sometimes feels like that’s the case.
Yet while Latinas have benefited from all of the hard work and advocacy demonstrated by non-Latina feminists, civil rights leaders and authors, all Americans have benefited greatly from the advocacy and general badassery demonstrated by Latinas in America. READ MORE AT HUFFINGTON POST
Geoscape, the leading market intelligence company focused on new mainstream consumers and businesses, reported today that over 993,000 Hispanics within the United States will turn age 18 in calendar year 2015; a monthly average of about 83,000. Hispanics will account for nearly 23 percent of all persons turning 18 within the United States.
This total represents a compelling fact that emphasizes the growing importance of the US Hispanic market as both consumers and potential new voters. Hispanics are the majority in 342 counties, representing 18 percent of the American population and totaling more than 56 million nationwide in 2014. Their relative youth, growing influence and buying power present compelling reasons for business strategists to redefine their priorities. READ MORE AT BUSINESSWIRE
In presidential election years, it is natural to see our political leaders also as the brokers of our economic salvation. Some, such as columnist Harold Meyerson, long have embraced politics as a primary lever of upward mobility for minorities. He has positively contrasted the rise of Latino politicians in California, and particularly Los Angeles, with the relative dearth of top Latino office-holders in heavily Hispanic Texas. In Los Angeles, he notes, political activism represents the “biggest game in town” while, in Houston, he laments, politics takes second place to business interests and economic growth.
In examining the economic and social mobility of ethnic groups across the country, however, the politics-first strategy has shown limited effectiveness. Latinos, for example, have dramatically increased their elected representatives nationally since the 1990s, particularly in California. But both Latinos and African Americans continue to move to, and appear to do better in, the more free-market, politically conservative states, largely in the South. READ MORE AT THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
