Habla Blog

By Barbara Benjamin-Treviño
Día de los Muertos (DEE-ah day lows moo-WARE-tows)

Day of the Dead may be one of the best examples of a cross-cultural difference between Hispanic and Anglo cultures. While death is a topic often avoided here, honoring the memory of deceased relatives takes on a celebratory air during […]

[Read more →]

By Mary Bartlett, Arise Virtual SolutionsÂ
The need for bilingual workers is at its highest level ever in the U.S.  In fact, a recent survey of 2,417 U.S. hiring managers and human resource professionals conducted by Spanish-language job search site empleosCB.com revealed that Spanish-speaking job candidates will be in especially high demand by employers within the […]

[Read more →]

By Barbara Benjamin-Treviño
With the 2010 Census well into the planning stages, concerns about what terminology to use are again rising to the fore. If you are unsure about whether to use “Hispanic,” “Latino/a,” “Mexican-American,” “Chicano,” or something else, you’re not alone. Categories, labels, words, and meanings all shift with history, politics, governing agencies, generations and […]

[Read more →]

by Barbara Benjamin-Treviño
September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. Originally a week long when Congress authorized President Lyndon Johnson to make this designation in 1968, the week was extended to a month in 1988. Since then, this time helps communities across the country better understand the culture and traditions of the Hispanic population—those […]

[Read more →]

by Michael Soon Lee, MBA
Minorities in American spend over $2 trillion a year on products and services which is more than all but the nine largest economies of the world. People from diverse cultures are already one-third of the population and are the fastest-growing consumer group in the country. This is a huge market for […]

[Read more →]