A Heart of Gold Warms the Hearts of Many By Alison Grimes | Photography provided by CNY Latino Carmen Gonzalez was a chef from a young age. Learning her mother’s recipes early in life, she started cooking by the age...
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Julio Urrutia
The Common Good of Justice By Alison Grimes | Photography provided by Julio Urrutia Julio Urrutia remembers watching movies like “Leave It To Beaver” and shows like “Father Knows Best” when he was growing up. The characters had every hair combed...
Jessica Lynn Huertas-Pringle
At Home in the Community By Marisol Hernandez | Photography courtesy CNY Latino Jessica Lynn Huertas-Pringle, the unit director at the Hamilton Street Boys and Girls Club, considers herself blessed to have her unique cultural background. “I am half Puerto Rican...
Gabriela Escalante
A Woman of Entrepreneurial Solutions By Alison Grimes | Photography provided by CNY Latino Entrepreneurship comes in many forms. Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management refers to the practice with a three-word slogan: “Dream, believe, pursue.” Gabriela Escalante, Syracuse University...
Myrna García-Calderón
The Power of Identity By Marisol Hernandez | Photo provided by CNY Latino When she arrived in the United States in 1979, Myrna García Calderón, the director of Syracuse University’s Latino-Latin American Studies program, never intended to call the country...