The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. – Chinese Proverb Higher education after high school is an opportunity that Lara Media feels everyone should have. Many Latino youth face barriers and have challenges that can prevent them from obtaining a college education such as; financial barriers, documentation barriers, lack of [...]
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Irma Valdez sees herself as a role model to Latino students showing them that anything is possible. She was born in a small village in Michoacán, Mexico and when her parents came to work in the strawberry fields in California when she was three, her and her sisters spent several years in a migrant camp [...]
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Latinos have been embracing technology faster than any other group in the US. A recent Pew Hispanic Center study shows that 78% of Latinos use the internet and 68% say they use social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Social media is all about making connections around commonalities you share with others; therefore social [...]
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GENERAL SUMMER INTERNSHIP: Lara Media Services is a marketing agency, located in Portland, with over a decade of experience. With a special focus on the Latino community the mission of LMS is to communicate, create and inspire. Lara Media Services is known to be the largest Latina owned agency in the Pacific Northwest. For this [...]
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Diversity is the inclusion of different types of people in a group or organization. Embracing diversity in the workplace can come from your team, clients or customers. The important part is that you are working towards at least one of those three areas in your organization. We believe in and embrace diversity in all areas [...]
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Jessica is passionate and dedicated to brightening the future of Oregon. She grew up in a small town in Indiana called Crown Point, to a very large Mexican family on the maternal side. Her mom was one of nine and her grandfather one of ten. Her grandfather had come from Mexico to settle in Indiana [...]
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I am very proud to say that I am a college graduate and so are many of my friends and coworkers. I graduated from the University of Oregon about a year ago. Having a degree is one of the most powerful things you can do in your life, and I believe everyone should have the [...]
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Life has not always been easy for Jimmy Matta, but he has shown that hard work can make a difference. He grew up in Washington with his parents who were immigrants from Guatemala. Although he didn’t take the right path in high school, he ending up meeting some people who helped him turn his life [...]
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Consuelo Saragoza believes in the importance of education, her culture and always being true to yourself. Her Grandparents were one of ten Mexican families who moved to work on the railroads of a little town in Eastern Nevada called Battle Mountain in the early 1900’s. Her mother had come from New Mexico and met and [...]
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In the next decade the retirement of the baby boomer generation is expected to slow labor growth. The answer to this problem lies with the rising immigrant population, who will lessen the impact. In the coming decades the number of baby boomers 65 and older will double to almost 89 million. That means that about [...]
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