About: Ana Flores

The American Heart Association celebrates March as the National Nutrition Month and a time to “make simple steps part of your life for long-term benefits to your health and your heart.” As you read last week in our post titled “Latinas: Our Heart Truth,” heart disease is the #1 leading cause of death among women, especially Latinas.  Today we continue to address such an important topic by sharing with you this interview with Dr. Aliza Lifshitz who offers several ofRead More ...

I was not a good mamá this morning. I lost my patience big time and entered into the biggest battle of wills with a tiny person with a really strong head (guess where she gets that from?!) This week I finally started committing to a resolution I´ve had to wake up at 5:30 am to have some ME time. The day goes by so quickly with mom-duties, house-duties and business-duties that I never get around to the me-duties.  After consideringRead More ...

I am going totally retro with the Video of the Week today! In the late 70´s, early 80´s I had my very first fan-moment with the famous duo from Spain–Enrique y Ana.  My mom actually took me to the hotel where they stayed when the gave a concert in El Salvador. I must have been 10 years old and I clearly remember standing in front of the lobby elevator waiting for my heroes to come out. When they finally did,Read More ...

Click here to download both the song and a PDF with the lyrics and suggested activities. The download will automatically start as soon as you click. Check your computer´s download folder to find the files. Press the orange play button below to listen to the ¿Dónde Estás? song here. ¿Dónde estás? by 1-2-3 Spanish Together Thanks to 1-2-3 Spanish Together–Bringing language, culture and fun together– for providing these activities and song. You can follow them on Twitter and Like theirRead More ...

It’s been almost a week since we got back home from our viaje relámpago to Perú, my home country. Saying good-bye to my family is always extremely difficult for me because I never know how long it’ll be before we see each other again. Coming back to the States is also difficult because life here is so different at so many levels. From the taste of the food to the meaning of time… Our trip back was hellish, to sayRead More ...

Rango is the newest animated film from Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies which opens in theaters nationwide today. Just the fact that Rango is voiced by one of my favorite actors of all time, Johnny Depp, was motivation enough to get me in to watch this movie. I assumed that if Johnny said yes to his first big screen animation role, then it must be good. And it is. It´s also loud, a bit violent and full of witty, veryRead More ...