Publisher’s Message
LATINAStyle®
Founder & Publisher Anna Maria Arias
President & CEO Robert E. Bard
Robert@latinastyle.com
Chief Operating Lupita Colmenero
Officer Lupita@latinastyle.com
Managing Editor Gloria Romano-Barrera
Gloria@latinastyle.com
Contributing Victor Hugo Coronado Castañeda
Graphic Designer
Contributors April Alvarez
Christine Bolaños
Damian Rivera
Emely Tejada Jaquez
Edith Martinez-Guerra
Mark Holston
Mary Louise Sanchez
Marisa Rivera
Max Lujan
Senior Events Manager Tania Einhorn
Tania@latinastyle.com
Circulation Manager Maria E. Gallegos
& Subscriptions maru@latinastyle.com
Executive Assistant Marilyn Carrion
to the President Marilyn@latinastyle.com
Director of Beana Ramirez
Corporate Relations Beana.d@latinastyle.com
Marketing & Sales Ashley Guevara
Assistant Ashley@latinastyle.com
Interns Liyat Assefa
Camila Chahin
Desiree Briceño
Eva Zepeda-Johnson
Web Address www.latinastyle.com
Web Site by: vicom.com
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Photo Cover: Larisa Martínez sings classics of the Cuban repertoire
alongside the Chamber Orchestra of Havana. Live at Lincoln Center.
2016.
LATINA Style is published bimonthly by LATINA Style, Inc. 2102 Empire
Central, Dallas, TX, 75235. Subscriptions are available at $20 for two years
for a total of 12 issues. To subscribe to LATINA Style call (214) 357-2186 or send
checks to LATINA Style Magazine, 2102 Empire Central, Dallas, TX,
75235. The publisher reserves the right to accept or reject any editorial
or advertising matter. Editorial submissions must be accompanied by a
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be reprinted or otherwise duplicated without the written permission of
the editor. Copyright by LATINA Style, Inc. All rights reserved. "LATINA
Style" (ISSN 1531-0868). Vol. 25, No. 1, January/February, 2019.
It seems unreal that 25 years ago in a small living room apartment in Alexandria,
VA, Anna Maria Arias was hard at work getting ready to launch LATINA Style
magazine. It had been an arduous task as most of the people she consulted with
were advising her not to do it. “There’s no need for such a publication,” they told her.
“Latina professionals, business owners, college students, Latina leaders, English
speakers, are already assimilated. They consume general market media and if they
want to know what about the Hispanic community they can go to the Spanish
language,” they said. Our task at the time, and to some extent even today, was
and is to educate the country that Latinas have successfully functioned in the
general market while retaining a clear cultural identity. It has been a task of love and
admiration.
We sadly lost Anna Maria in 2001 but LATINA Style has persevered. From a
modest audience of 25,000 we have grown to over 600,000 readers. Our mission of
empowering Latinas is stronger than ever. Beginning this April, we will bring you little
vignettes of what we have gone through the years and what has happened to the
Latina leaders we have profiled since then. Send us your memories, we would love to
publish them as well.
Our first cover for the magazine featured the three Latina Members of Congress
at the time. They hosted the launching of the magazine at the Rayburn building in DC.
It was a great event. We will publish photos of the event in subsequent editions, if you
were there, let us know!
We are delighted to begin the year by profiling Larisa Martínez, a wonderful
Latina artist whose angelic voice is being recognized all over the world. Follow her at
Larisamartinez.com.
We would like to announce a very special addition to our staff, Eggy Bard. So
many of you have told me about your love for your pet and how important they are to
you. This is why we have decided to give our favorite Eggy a column so he can
communicate with his peers. This column will be provided in every issue and on our
digital and electronic platform as well. If you are a Latina pet lover and would like to
contribute please submit a column to eggy@latinastyle.com.
Robert E. Bard
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