by Lara Media | Oct 8, 2013 | Blog, Community, Events, Mexico, Social Media
This month is Hispanic Heritage Month, which celebrates the history, culture and contributions Hispanics have made to the United States. The observation started as a week long celebration in 1968 under President Lyndon Johnson. For Oregonians Governor Kitzhaber signed...
by Lara Media | Aug 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
For the past two years during the event of El Grito, the largest and most exciting Hispanic event alongside Cinco de Mayo, people come to belt out their dulcet tones in hopes of winning an amazing prize. Last year’s winner of the Voice of Independence, Froilan...
by Lara Media | Jul 9, 2013 | Blog
My name is Ana Linares, I am the new intern here at Lara Media Services. I just graduated this year from a small private school, De La Salle North Catholic in North Portland. Where minorities are the majority and the Latino population is increasing rapidly. As a...
by Lara Media | Jun 28, 2013 | Blog, Community, Events, Other
Imagine a starry summer night full of elegantly dressed guests mingling and enjoying a night rich with Latin culture. To many this sounds like a beautiful night or Noche Bella as we would call it in Spanish. Noche Bella is Latino Network’s inaugural benefit gala...
by Lara Media | May 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Irma Valdez sees herself as a role model to Latino students showing them that anything is possible. She was born in a small village in Michoacán, Mexico and when her parents came to work in the strawberry fields in California when she was three, her and her sisters...