LAS COMADRES FACILITATORS RECOGNIZED AT 2023 WORLDWIDE COMADRAZO

 

SISTERHOOD & COMMUNITY:  HEAR US. SEE US. JOIN US.

Saturday, April 29, 2023

RECOGNITION OF

LAS COMADRES FACILITATORS

Networks & Book Clubs

Las Comadres Para Las Americas really would not exist without the tremendous support that is provided by our city network facilitators. Without all the approximately 15,000 Comadres out there, who host and attend comadrazos, read and send us email, and participate in our activities, we would not exist. But without the facilitators who keep the city networks going, there would be no real organization AND because we cannot say thank you enough times.

From the beginning (2000) to today.our Network Facilitators…

Lourdes Abadin, Julia Abrantes, Dora Maria Abreu, Cristina Abreu, Patricia Aguilar, Gladys Alaya-Borjas, Ofelia Allen, Aurora Anaya-Cerda, Amanda Arizola, Annabelle Arteaga, Ph.D., Maria Avelino, Cristina Balli, Natasha Bannan, Sunny Banuelos, Melinda Barrera, Rosa Beato, Rocio Benedicto, Ph.D., Sylvia Benitez, Mari Bellas, Debbie Bonilla, Margie Brickey, Patricia Briotta, Millie Brookins, Gabriela Bucio, Ada Gabriela Bueno Pulliam, Elizabeth Canali, Mary Champion, Maria Cardes, Catherine Cardoso, Gloria Casas, Karina Castano-Tognetti, Cielo Castro, Camila Ceballos, Rosa Celis-Rodriguez, Loretta Charles, Denise Chavez, Janis Chavez, Lilian Chavez, Mary Champion, Frances Colon, Alejandra Cossio, Rose Costas, Lori Crouch, Ana Arelys Cruz, Carmen Cruz, Silvia Cruzo, Sylvia E. Camacho, Elizabeth Cofrancesco, Nori Cuellar Mora, Ph.D., Lilli de Cair, Amelia de Jesus, Raquel de Guzman, Patricia de Limon Rodriguez, Linda de la Cruz, Alicia Dorn, Nora Diaz, Nylda Dieppa, Diana Dizdarvich, Ph.D., Rosalba Dominguez, Yolanda Durant, Diana Flores, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Kika Elkind, Clara Engel, Yolanda Escandon, Araceli Esparza, Fern Espino, Ph.D., Estrella de Leon, Jocelyn Feliciano, Charley Ferrer, Ph.D., Dora Flores, Maria Ferrer, Amira Flores, Ariana Flores, Stella Flores, Ph.D., Claudia Fuentes, Christy Garcia Martinez, Dalilah Garcia, Edna Garcia, Elizabeth Garcia (deceased), Viky Garcia, Christy Garcia Martinez, Bobbie Garza-Hernandez, Susan Garretson, San Juanita Godufsky, Vickie Gomez, Karen Gonzales, Adriana Gonzalez, Ana Gonzalez, Christine Gonzalez, Yadhira Gonzalez-Taylor, Kristin Graham Chavez, Veronica Guerra, Mirtha Gutierrez Perez, Yolanda Guzman, Isela Hernandez, Yolanda Hernandez (deceased), Linda Hernandez, Ana Hershberger, Monica Martinez Hess, Alicia Higgins, Marcela Hincapie, Angela Hope, Ruby Hurtado, Irma Gonzalez, Karla Jaramillo, Helen Jimenez Ulloa, Adriana Jimenez, Edy Johnson, Nancy Johnson, Margie Kensit, Demetra Koelling, Adela Kowalski-Garza, Cindy Landez, Teresa Lara, Isabel Lemus, Diana Leon, Bibi Lobo (deceased) , Isabel Londono, Diana Lopez, Connie Lopez, Diana Lopez, Diana Lopez Axthelm, Laura Lopez Cano, Adriana Lopez, Cynthia Lopez, Raquel Lynch, Lori Maes, Teresa Magana, Miriam Molina, Kim Montoya, Lolita Mancheno-Smoak, Nydia Marsella, Angela Martin, Araceli Martinez-Rose, Erica Martinez, Raquel Martinez, Sylvia A. Martinez, Addy Perez Mau, Yvette Mayo, Angelica Mena, Martha Medina, Jackie Melendez, Jacqueline Mendez, Maria Angelica Mendoza, Bernice Miera, Beatriz Mieses, Nuria Miller, Elizabeth Moncevais, Carmen Montanez, Maria Montenegro, Ana Morales, Marilyn Moya, Melissa Najera, Kathy Natalizio, Ana Nogales, Ph.D., Ydalmi Noriega, Gina Nunez-Mchiri, Ph.D., Virginia Ornelas, Angeles Ortega, Alma Ortega Johnson, Jasminie Jina Ortiz, Clara Ospina, Melinda Palacio, Carmen Paniagua, Audrey Ponzio, Elsa Prado, Addy Perez Mau, Maribel Perez Tur, Sandra Perez, Pilar Martinez Karner, Michele Ping, Teresa Preciado, Laura Quesada, Viviana Quesada, Shelly Quintana, Carmen Quiles, Elena Ramos, Nimia Ramos Beauchamp, Rita Rosa Resgua, Evelyn Reyes, Marielis Rivera, Francis Robles, Imelda Rocha, Edna Rodriguez, Janet Rodriguez, Monica Rangel, Veronica Rivera, Monica Rodriguez, Sandra Rodriguez Barron, Maria Rojo, Laura Rolandelli, Araminta Romero, Ana Cecilia Rosado, Leydon Rovelo, Sally Ruiz, Lupita Saenz Eckoff, Ruth Saenz (deceased), Jayni Saenz, Rachael Saldivar, Jennifer Sanchez, Ana, Saucedo, Terry Saucedo, Sandra Shafi, Dyannette Siaca, Miriam Silva, Patricia Sosa, Christine Soto, Teresa Speake, Rebeca Summers, Angela Sustaita-Ruiz, Ana Sweeney, Michelle Talan, Caprice Taylor Mendez, Darlene Tenes, Lourdes Tinajero, Sandra Thompson, Sandra Torres, Lisa Torres Stonebeck, Dora Tovar, Gloria Uribe, Josie Valdez, Laura Valdez Karam, Melody Vela, Angela Valdivia, BB Vasquez, Palmira Vasquez Ginsberg, Ofelia Vasquez-Philo (deceased), Kathy Vega, Melody Vela, Josie Valdez, Diana Velasquez, Myrna Velez, Gloria Williams, Patricia Windon, Alejandra Zavala, and Andrea Zorbas.

Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club Facilitators are so special! Thank you for making this dream a reality and keeping it going…

Julia Abrantes, Dora A. Abreu, Marissa Alcorta, Blanca Alvarado, Ph.D., Julia Amante, Amanda Arizola, Aurora Anaya-Cerda, Maria Betancourt, Luz Betancourt, Nohelia Canales, Catalina Cantu, Teresa Carbajal Ravet, Leslie Colon-Lebron, Erika Cordova, Lori Crouch, Yolanda Cuesta, Martha Curcio, Karin Davalos, Laura De Anda, Lilli De Cair, Nora Diaz, Laura Esparza, Magdalena (Magda) Lopez Eustace, Maria Ferrer, Adriana Frias, Lydia Galvan, Cristina Glez Novoa, Denise Goetter, Karen Gonzales, Gabriela Gonzalez, Sylvia Hernandez Kauffman, Gabriela Huesca, Demetra Koelling, Mary Lopez, Liana Lopez, Jackie Macias, Teresa Magaña, Araceli Martinez-Rose, Linda Mazon Gutierrez, Raiza Mendoza, Sylvia Mendoza, Edith Reyes, Carmenza Millan, Kim Montoya, Ydalmi Noriega, Anna Nunez, Carmen Orozco-Acosta, Nicole Ortiz, Pam Portillo, Cynthia Ramos, Nimia Ramos Beauchamp, Gayle Rana, Leyden Revelo, Lara Rios, Frances Robles, Lois Rodriguez, Vanessa Rodriguez, Lissette Rodriguez, Silvia Sofia San Miguel, Jennifer Sanchez, Maria Solis, Judith Solis, Ana Sweeney, Michelle Talan, Amy Tannenbaum, Tess Tobin, Rachael Torres, Lisa Trevino, Nissheneyra Urizandi, Delila Vasquez, Ada Vilageliu Diaz, Anne Warman, Martha Weeks, Gloria Williams, and Alma Willard.

LAS COMADRES CELEBRATES ITS MEMBERS ACCOMPLISHMENTS -- APRIL 2023

 

Congratulations to all!

 

Gladys Ayala-Borjas (NY) – Her jaw dropped when she heard that she won the Nora Award for Comadre of the Year.   

 

Darlene Tenes (CA) – She won! Darlene won the Nora Award for Comadre Community Service. 

 

Julia Abrantes (NC) – Happy to report that she got out of a toxic relationship and relocated to NC where she will begin again.

 

Dr. Esmeralda Adame (TX) – Happy to share that her Persistence in Adversity Podcast has been on the air for 2 years. If you would like to be a guest and share your story of persistence through adversity and how you overcame it, please contact me at dr.eadame@outlook.com !  Her podcast can be found on your favorite app!

 

Moni Avila (TX) – Completed her first year of the doctoral program at ASU.

 

Juana Bordas (CO) – Her book THE POWER OF LATINO LEADERSHIP - AHORA! was released in March. A 2nd edition of her best-selling book, it shows how the inclusive, people-centered and socially responsible ways Latino have led their people is a model for the 21st century.

 

Tili Capistran (TX) – She made March 2023 Club "M" Agent.

 

Larissa Yvette Davila (TX) – Completed her first month as executive director for the small business incubator, Economic Growth Business Incubator (EGBI) in Austin, Texas.

 

Maria Vilma Duran (TX) – She is serving as the Director of Community Engagement for the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority's Host Committee for the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship.

 

Nancy Flores (TX) – Congratulations to Nancy for partnering with KUT to highlight arts and culture events in Austin’s Latino Community.

 

Lizabeth Garza-García (TX) – She was selected to participate in the LBJ Women’s Campaign 4th Cohort.

 

Monica Guzmán (TX) – She is excited and honored to be in the 2023 class of the LBJ Women's Campaign School!  The Kickoff for the #LBJWCS Cohort4 is May 11, 2023.  #LBJWCS #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInPolitics #Democracy #bipartisan

 

Julia Martinez (FL) – Julia is proud to say that she will be graduating from her Emergency Medicine Residency in June 2023.

  

Jacqueline Quiňones (NY) – She was made Co-chair of professional development for SALUD employee resource group at the NYC Dept of Health.

 

Naibe Reynoso (CA) – Naibe just launched her new podcast "Latinas Take the Lead '' which is a production of the Seneca Women Podcast Network and iHeart Radio. One of her first guests was award-winning author Reyna Grande! Make sure to tune in!

 

Becky Rodriguez (TX) – Celebrates 15 years in Business -- COLLEGEHELP4YOU, which helps Students Navigate College Applications, Exams, Entrance, Financial Aid.  Lina Hidalgo was my Harvard Student!

 

Lily Roman (formerly Banos) (CA) – After 15 years of being in the sign industry, my husband (& therefore her too :-)) opened up a storefront for the business Roman Signs, in Newbury Park, CA. Although she is still a Life Insurance Broker, she is also his business partner in this new venture together, working everyday side by side. Wish them luck!

 

Zoraida Scirecalabrisotto (NY) – She is celebrating that she obtained CASAC-T certificate from NYS OASAS.

 

Mary Theresa Vasquez (TX) – Her book, FROM THE TEXAS COTTON FIELDS TO THE UNITED STATES TAX COURT, THE LIFE JOURNEY OF JUAN F. VASQUEZ, is a GOLD MEDAL finalist in the 2023 Latino Books into Movie Awards for the Biographic Movie category.

 

Rebecca J. Viagran (TX) – In January 2023, Rebecca was named new President & CEO of South Texas Business Partnership (SoTX). Formerly known as the South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, the SoTX mission is to stimulate sustained economic prosperity across South Texas through advocacy and collaboration among our partners.

 

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NOTE:  these listings are for congratulatory purposes only. 

We are not endorsing any products, services, or candidates for public office.  

 

  

 

Congratulations to all these Comadres!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2023 NORA AWARD WINNERS !!!

 

SISTERHOOD & COMMUNITY:  HEAR US. SEE US. JOIN US.

On Saturday, April 29, Las Comadres Para Las Americas announced the

2023 Winners of its Nora Awards.

The Nora Award for Comadre of the Year 

presented to a Comadre who has helped other Comadres

Winner is Gladys Ayala-Borjas (NY)

The Nora Award for Comadre Community Service

presented to a Comadre who has helped her Community

Winner is Darlene Tenes (CA)

The Nora Award for Friend of Las Comadres

presented to a company that continually supports 

Las Comadres Para Las Americas

Winner is UNIVISION Austin

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS!

#LASCOMADRES

#NORA AWARDS

#COMADRESCONNECT

LAS COMADRES & FRIENDS NATIONAL LATINO BOOK CLUB ANNOUNCES MAY 2023 BOOKS OF THE MONTH

 

Today a Reader. Tomorrow a Leader. – Margaret Fuller

 

 

 

Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club is proud to announce its May 2023 book selections. 

   

THE HOUSE IN THE PINES by Ana Reyes (Dutton) – a powerful, eerie thriller about a woman excavating fragments of her past.

CHINGONA: Owning Your Inner Badass for Healing and Justice by Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty (Broadleaf Books) – a raw, honest insight into the multicultural experience.

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL by Dora Maria Abreu (Skinny Brown Dog Media) – an inspiring children’s book full of affirmations about self-esteem, courage, inner strength, and self-love.

 

Visit the Book Club website for full descriptions and author bios here:  https://latinolit.com/

   

SAVE THE DATE!  Monday, May 22, 8pm ET, for our monthly Teleconference with live interviews with authors Ana Reyes, Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty and Dora Maria Abreu.

COMING JUNE 21:  Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club's 9th Annual Summer Reading List

#ReadLatinoLit

 

LAS COMADRES CALENDAR OF EVENTS – MAY & JUNE 2023

 

 

All Comadres welcome.  We will update this Calendar the first of each month.  

All events via zoom.  Check your time zones. 

Links will be emailed to all Comadres and registrants. 

 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS 

 

 MAY 2023

 May 1 (Mon) -- Las Comadres & Friends Book Club announces May books

THE HOUSE IN THE PINES by Ana Reyes

CHINGONA by Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL by Dora Maria Abreu

 May 17 (Wed) – LAUNCH!   Las Comadres Kitchen

                             Hostess Lola Dweck of Lola’s Mercadito

 May 22 (Mon) -- Las Comadres & Friends Book Club Teleconference, 8pm ET

Live interviews with authors Ana Reyes, Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty and Dora Maria Abreu

 

JUNE 2023

 

June 1 (Thur) -- El Club del Libro holds its Summer Book Club meeting, 5pm PT

                             LOS LAZOS QUE NOS UNEN by Marcela Fonseca 

 June 5 (Mon) -- Las Comadres & Friends Book Club announces June books

ERENE WITH WOLF MEDICINE by Irene I. Blea

WHEN TRYING TO RETURN HOME by Jennifer Maritza McCauley

 June 14 (Wed) – LAUNCH!  Las Comadres Presents Mind, Body & Spirit

                             Hostess Jeannie Diaz of Jeannie Diaz Yoga

June 17 (Sat) -- Regional Comadrazo for Eastern & Pacific networks

June 19 (Mon) -- Entrepreneur Club Meeting

June 21 (Wed) -- Regional Comadrazo for Central networks

June 26 (Mon) -- Las Comadres & Friends Book Club Teleconference, 8pm ET

              Live interviews with authors Irene I. Blea and Jennifer Maritza McCauley

 

 For Last month's activities, click here:  https://comadresconnect.blogspot.com/2023/02/las-comadres-calendar-of-events-march.html

   

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SATURDAY, APRIL 29 -- 2023 WORLDWIDE COMADRAZO WITH SPECIAL GUEST DOLORES HUERTA AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER DR. MONICA MUNOZ MARTINEZ

 

SISTERHOOD & COMMUNITY. HEAR US. SEE US. JOIN US.

Saturday, April 29, 2023

 

 

 

Las Comadres Para Las Americas is holding it's biannual WORLDWIDE COMADRAZO on Saturday, April 29.  This is a gathering of Comadres from all over the world to share and discuss Sisterhood and Community.

 

  

SPECIAL GUEST:   DOLORES HUERTA

 

Dolores Huerta is a celebrated Latina labor leader, activist, and community organizer. She has worked for civil rights and social justice for over 50 years. In 1962, she and Cesar Chavez founded the United Farm Workers Union. Today she is the President and Founder of the Dolores Huerta Foundation. Among her many awards is Mexico's Order of the Aztec Eagle Award - the highest decoration awarded by the Mexican Government to foreign nationals. Dolores was also the first Latina inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.

NEW!   KEYNOTE SPEAKER:   DR. MONICA MUŇOZ MARTINEZ

 

Dr. Monica Muñoz Martinez is an Associate Professor of History at The University of Texas at Austin. Her book, THE INJUSTICE NEVER LEAVES YOU: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas received six book awards. Monica co-founded the award-winning project "Refusing to Forget" and helped to secure four state historical markers commemorating the history of anti-Mexican violence. She is a 2021 MacArthur Foundation Fellow and in 2023, Monica was named a national honoree for Woman of the Year by USA Today.

THE NORA AWARDS

We will announce award recipients for Comadre of the Year, Comadre Community Service 

and Friend of Las Comadres.

Art work for Las Comadres and Worldwide Comadrazo logos created by Laura Lopez Cano.

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SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSOR OF THE 2023 WORLDWIDE COMADRAZO – RUDY RUIZ

 

 

SILVER SPONSORS

EGBI    *    INCLUSION INSTITUTE+   *   LATINX IN PUBLISHING   *   ADRIENNE PULIDO

 

BRONZE SPONSORS

Athena Silversmith * Bilingual Communication Strategies * Josefina Casati * 

Con Todo Press * Creative Alliance Communications * CryptoConexión 

Grace Flores-Hughes * Lucero Photography * Minero 

MOLA Market Research * Deborah Nevarez-Vivolo 

Yleana Martínez Modern Jewelry Design

2023 NORA AWARDS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

 

                               

 

Las Comadres Para Las Americas is pleased to announce the Finalists of The Nora Awards.   Winners will be announced on Saturday, April 29, at the virtual Worldwide Comadrazo.   

The Nora Awards, named in honor of our National / International Founder Dr. Nora de Hoyos Comstock, recognize Comadres who exemplify the virtues of Loyalty, Generosity, Community, Sisterhood and Kindness.  The Finalists were nominated by their fellow Comadres.

 

The Comadre of the Year award goes to a Comadre who has helped other Comadres.  The Finalists are:

Gladys Ayala Borjas (NY)

Gloria Chavez Casas (TX)

Dorinda Moreno (CA)

Yolanda Nava (CA)

 

 

The Comadre Community Service award goes to a Comadre who has helped her community.  The Finalists are:

Ysabella Hincapie-Gara (NY)

Venus Piňeyro (TX)

Darlene Tenes (CA)

Judith Torrea (Mexico)

 

The Friend of Las Comadres award goes to a company that continually supports Las Comadres Para Las Americas. This winner is chosen by the Board of Directors.

 

 

Congratulations to all the Finalists.

#WWC23

#WorldwideComadrazo

#NoraAwards

#LasComadres