Ana L. Flores is co-founder of SpanglishBaby and co-author of the book, "Bilingual is Better." A bicultural and bilingual mom who is committed to holding on to her heritage, for over 15 years she's been dedicated to creating content by and for Latinos in the U.S. and in Latin America. Now, through SpanglishBaby.com and LatinaBloggersConnect.com, her boutique agency connecting brands to Latina bloggers, she is living her dream of being a self-motivated entrepreneur and sharing the stories and resources which matter the most to her. Su casa is now in L.A. where family traditions from Mexico, El Salvador, the Netherlands and the U.S. are dearly embraced...en español.
http://spanglishbaby.com
Twitter: @laflowers
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Today we start a much-deserved, week-long celebration of SpanglishBaby Dads y Papás. We celebrate our dads, our abuelos, our husbands, the tíos, basically any and every man that has played that all-important Father role in our lives. Joining our celebration and helping us shower Dads with appreciation with a very cool giveaway are Hanes and Boost Mobile. One SpanglishBaby reader will get to make one man in her life comfortable with the following clothing classics and essentials, courtesy of Hanes:Read More ...
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It’s that time of the year–the much anticipated Summer Break! Since May 30th, the children’s illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal has been delivering weekly coloring pages on Mondays and will do so through Monday, September 5th. That’s a total of 15 coloring pages to keep your most precious and shortest loved ones temporarily busy. It sounds good, doesn’t it? So, visit her website, check her Summer Break post and sign-up to get yours delivered to your inbox. We know you’ll love themRead More ...
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We all know Disney likes to do things in a large scale and the surprises they´ve revealed for this summer are no exception. No matter how many times you´ve been to the Disneyland Resort, or if this is your first time, your family will have a blast discovering all the new attractions and shows that make for a Disney Soundsational Summer, June 3 through Sep. 5. Last week I was invited to a media event to learn and experience first-handRead More ...
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You didn’t think my family and I would head out to an all-expenses paid trip to Universal Orlando and Island’s of Adventure and not get something out of it for you? No way! The amazing people over at Universal Orlando Resort want TWO SpanglishBaby friends to each win a a package of two-day, two-park tickets for four people. Each package of four is valued at $539.96 USD and the winners will have until June 11, 2012 to use the tickets,Read More ...
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Last month we launched My Bilingual School Library Contest, something we´ve been wanting to do for over a year. We took so long because we were constantly debating over the best way to conduct it so it would seem fair and unbiased to all. We chose to open it up to popular vote, but failed to see beforehand the many flaws in the way the system was set up. Since many things got out of hand, we decided to closeRead More ...
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Yes, I´m selfishly using this space to get some advice from you. I´m actually a bit nervous to even pose this question here because it almost seems obvious that my girl needs to attend a language immersion pre-school, but it´s not so black and white. I´ve complained for years now that there are no viable language immersion pre-schools in the LA area. For sure, none close to me. So, when Camila turned 15 months I enrolled her in a familyRead More ...
