Sentences with phrase «mexican descent»

A Latina of Mexican descent, Buck serves on the association's national board along with Acosta and founded its Arizona chapter in 2010 when she recognized that the association's advocacy for Hispanic homeownership aligned with the community service work she had done locally.

Arriaga is of Mexican descent but didn't grow up speaking Spanish.

«The largest portion of Hispanics are of Mexican descent, but it's not a homogenous group.»

Moreover, these associations were found with an understudied sample of young children of predominantly Mexican descent in low - income families, and thus make an important contribution to knowledge in the field.

Mothers of predominantly Mexican descent (95 %) participated in home interviews during the Fall and Spring of the year children entered center - based programs.

«Wanting to be a good father»: Experiences of adolescent fathers of Mexican descent in a teen fathers program.

The black - and - white portraits call into question the assumptions society has of men of Mexican descent.

Ochoa, who received his MFA from the University of California, Irvine, and is of Mexican descent, has had his work shown at LAXART in Los Angeles, and the 2008 Whitney Biennial in New York.

The two largest towns in the north, Orange Walk and Corozal, have economies based on sugar cane production and populations of Mexican descent.

From safeguarding Mexican homes from evil spirits to easing asthma and arthritis, in honor of Cinco de Mayo, the American Kennel Club ® (AKC) celebrates the loveable breeds of Mexican descent.

Counselor support can also make a tremendous difference for students from low - income families and students from underrepresented groups, as in the examples of counselors helping students of Mexican descent build stronger relationships at school (Malott et al., 2010) and increasing the sense of empowerment and aspiration among Black males (Wyatt, 2009).

But now it will be called «Ethnic Studies: An Overview of Americans of Mexican Descent.»

Despite remaining questions around Shaw's affirmative action research, for now, he has shifted his dissertation's focus to undocumented immigrants — mainly of Mexican descent — and their right and ability to access higher education institutions.

A principal at the school believed that the flag shirts were meant to provoke students of Mexican descent and might cause violence.

Though many American directors of Mexican descent, such as Robert Rodriguez, have found Hollywood success, this list salutes Mexican - born directors, many of whom still work primarily in their native country.

However, they also gave writing duties for the film to Adrian Molina of Mexican descent and he became so involved that he's now co-director on the film.

The Revenant director, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, who was also nominated and won last year for Birdman, is of Mexican descent.

Every actor of Hispanic, Puerto Rican, or Mexican descent alive.

A Goldie's main - stage comic of Mexican descent, Edgar moves through life with lots of pot and a good sense of humor.

@Neecy It must be a regional thing because I have gotten very little interest from white men where I live (I'm dark - skinned), but I have gotten quite a bit of interest from Hispanic men (Mexican descent).

One of my co-workers, of Mexican descent, brought in some taco meat for one of our pitch - ins.

Harmon's first wife (also his third) was Lillie Duran, a woman of Mexican descent from a working - class family.

May 5 is Cinco de Mayo, and you don't have to be Mexican or of Mexican descent to celebrate.

Most Latinos are of Mexican descent.

So you can say «black lives matter» and still go into a space where the «other» in your community is a person of native descent, of Mexican descent.

(Only Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Houston have more residents of Mexican descent, according to the 2010 census.)

Gonzalo's is of Mexican descent but was born in Indiana.

Not exact matches

«Sure, I'm a Polish Mexican by descent, but really I'm an American!»

As a person of Mexican and Native American descent I identify such struggles.

As an American of Slovak - German descent living in Belgium, I might actually be the last person you'd want to consult for advice on truly authentic Mexican cuisine.

In study after study, people of Hispanic descent (typically of Spanish, Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, or Central or South American origin) seem to live longer than non-Hispanic whites, who on average happen to be richer and better educated.

On the V - 2's descent back to Earth, a capsule containing the fruit flies broke away and a parachute slowly lowered it down onto New Mexican soil.

He gives as an example the fact that nearly 50 % of people of Mexican heritage, and a large percentage of Caucasian and black Americans all have some kind of MTHFR mutation that results in neural tube defects, but people of Italian descent living in Southern Italy who have these same mutations do not have the problems with neural tube defects simply because their lifestyle and environment make up for their genes.

Hello, I am an older gentleman of Spanish descent looking to meet a women of Spanish descent who I can speak Spanish with, cook Mexican food, travel, going to food summer festivals.

Fans of the Mexican - American singer Selena were upset that a New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent, Jennifer Lopez, was chosen for the title role in 1997's «Selena» — but J - Lo's star - making performance silenced most of the critics.

If I search this scene hard enough, the funniest thing about it is that Kal Penn, an American actor of Indian descent, is in it — probably because Friedberg and Seltzer think he has a dark enough complexion to look Mexican.

Hispanic Heritage month, which runs from September 15th - October 15th, celebrates the history, culture and contributions of Americans of Spanish, Mexican, Caribbean and Central and South American descent.

These included the Zoot Suit Riots (top right); the whitewashing of América Tropical, a 1932 mural by Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros (center); and the World War II incarceration of people of Japanese descent (bottom right).

Luna, who was of Puyukitchum, Ipai, and Mexican American Indian descent, passed away on March 3, 2018.

With its vast population of immigrants, undocumented workers, and people of Mexican and Latin American descent, Southern California is particularly sensitive to issues of xenophobia and border violence.

The installation is meshed with sounds originating from Spanish people, indigenous Mexicans and those of African descent, which are dissected into fragments and sounds that coincide with the percentages represented by the lights.

Artists featured in the collection reflect the diversity of Latino communities in the United States, including artists of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Dominican descent, as well as other Latin American groups with deep roots in the United States.

How should one's children identify, racially, if the father is Mexican and the mother is of white European descent?