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Will the levee ever be replaced?

By Olga Rosales Salinas, originally published by Voices of Monterey Bay

"Everywhere you go, there you are"

This essay by Olga Rosales Salinas, was published by palabra. NAHJ. Follow the link to read the full story.

Anxiety and The Holidays

by Olga Rosales Salinas Originally published at San Francisco Bay Area Moms. Few things make me as anxious as the holiday season. The...

Upma: Cooking with Sujaya, Indian Cooking for Beginners

by Olga Rosales Salinas Originally published at San Francisco Bay Area Moms. This week on Cooking with Sujaya, Indian Cooking for...

First Generation and Representation, Entering the Literary World

First Generation and Representation, Entering the Literary World, Interview with Jose Hernandez Diaz

On Freelance Work

Happy Birthday to me! 42 is looking good! Instead of champagne and roses, I'm asking for donations to the Rosales Sisters' Scholarship.

The collected wisdom of Jaime Cortez

Interview with Jaime Cortez, author of Gordo. Based in Steinbeck Country, 'Gordo' shows the vulnerable rawness of a vulnerable community.

How to return to your hometown—and give back—after more than 20 years away

by Olga Rosales Salinas Anytime I’m in a grocery store, at a bakery, or in a restaurant and I come across strawberries, I think about my...

Interview with Baruch Porras-Hernandez

by Olga Rosales Salinas *Tener ganas. What are ganas, and how do they work? Baruch Porras-Hernandez shares his struggle as an immigrant...

Paying it Forward, by Elizabeth Castillo

The first of six daughters to attend college. *Elizabeth Castillo, Homecoming Queen, Class of 1992, with parents, Abel and Maria Rosales....

Demolition And Spring Break

About The Rosales Sisters’ Scholarship *San Francisco Bay, 1984. Abel Rosales, his five daughters from the top-left, Elizabeth, Nancy,...