Category: People & Profiles
A look at the people, organizations and historic sites that make is Houston’s Hispanic community.
Meet the Mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Award 2021 Winners
Hispanic Heritage Awards Ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 14, 2021. Mayor Sylvester Turner and the Mayor’s Hispanic Advisory Board are honoring five exemplary Houstonians in […]
Houston Symphony Announces John Cisneros To Chair Hispanic Leadership Council
The Houston Symphony announced recently that John Cisneros, Ed.D is the Symphony’s Hispanic Leadership Council Chair for the 2021–22 Season. The Hispanic Leadership Council is a membership group comprising business, […]
Space City Weather is now available in Spanish
In the midst of Hurricane Harvey, among the many weather reports, forecasters, and websites, I “discovered” Space City Weather. An independently-run website, it outshone all of the rest with its […]
Meet Comcast’s 2021 Hispanic Hero Award Honorees
One of the great things about Hispanic Heritage Month is that many organizations take this month to honor Hispanics, Latinos, Latinx who are making a difference in the community. Comcast […]
Remembering Selena
Today is the anniversary of the death of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995). For many of us, Selena was and continues to be the biggest star […]