About: Ana Flores

Last time I visited the National Museum of American History in Washington D.C., I noticed that a section was closed as they were making changes but I didn’t know why – Now I discover it’s due to an addition that I cannot wait to go check out with my family! “FOOD: Transforming the American Table, 1950-2000″ opened yesterday, November 20th, 2012. The 3,800-square-foot exhibit includes seventy years of Latino food history and explores the social and cultural changes of eatingRead More ...

Last week my family and I were lucky enough to be invited to see for ourselves the transformation the Disneyland Resort goes through to celebrate the holidays. Simply put, it’s magical and the festive holiday feeling is all around you. In true Disney style, no detail is spared and the result is the feeling that the holidays are here. We were there just for one day, so we focused on seeing and doing as much of the special holiday attractionsRead More ...

I love the holidays, but one thing I definitely don’t like is the amount of money I usually end up spending — especially if we travel overseas to visit my family back home in Peru or my husband’s family in Puerto Rico. This year, however, we’re not going anywhere, and I’ve decided I’m going to take a different approach when it comes to my holiday shopping. So besides doing what every single expert will tell you are the best tipsRead More ...

My daughter has been attending her dual immersion school in Spanish for almost three months now and I can honestly say she’s made a lot of progress. I think the most noticeable improvement has been in her increased self-esteem and the value she’s now given to speaking Spanish.  She tries much harder to complete sentences in Spanish and doesn’t get frustrated when I nudge her to speak it. My husband keeps insisting that she’s speaking way too much English andRead More ...

Several weeks ago I got an email from an online producer at Univision saying she would like to feature me on an interview for a new series profiling Latinos in the U.S. that are helping preserve our culture. Of course, I was excited about the opportunity and quickly submitted the responses to the interview questions she had sent me. A couple of weeks later, she sends me the two links where I, along with SpanglishBaby, had been featured y meRead More ...

When Discovery Familia asked Roxana and I to work with them on a new project called ‘Blog de Bebés’ for their client, Dreft, I hesitated a little because I thought I wouldn’t be able to remember what it was to have a newborn baby in the house. I was wrong. As much as you forget the little details, you never really do forget the smell of a new baby, or the anticipation and joy with which you wait, plan andRead More ...