Araceli Puente's Blog – November 2011 Archive (5)

When I was younger my mom always cleaned the entire house all by herself. I'd go to school and my room would be clean when I'd come home. I grew up with a stay at home mom so she always cleaned and cooked for us. This was nice I never lifted a finger and when she would ask me to  clean something I remember i would get really upset. I never really appreciated all the things she did for me until I moved…

I just read an article about the word "illegal" in illegal immigrant.It is derogatory and it defames people when used. It encourages people to discriminate and to stereotype people. It's interesting how people feel so strongly about the term. I appreciate how hard these organizations are working to stop prejudice. Stop and think about other words we use everyday that may hurt others. I'll keep you updated on the AP Stylebook's…

Yesterday I was reading an article about relationships between opposite sex siblings. This article spoke out to me a lot because I have an older brother and I love him so much. It's just us and we are very close. The article spoke about society's  perception of unity with same sex siblings. Very few research has been d…

The interns here at Latinitas are all a great group of people. I've made many great friendships and I'm very happy to be here. So my closest friends here at Latinitas decided we would tackle making sushi. We had the event in my tiny little kitchen. Marisol, Sonia and Eric all came by my tiny apartment and we began the intense process of making Sushi.…

Super fun event I really needed a fun thing to do to get my mind off of stressful things. Some of my friends didn't get to go so I will tell them about it :)

Latinitas held an event at Mesa Street Grill called Tiara Tuesday. So here's the run down:

I showed up on time and did not realize there was free vip parking.…