My New America is the latest Palaciomagazine.com project with the Political Science classes of Professor Som Chounlamountry at California State University, Long Beach. This is the third partnership with the Professor and his students. In My New America, we’re interested in discovering the many voices that are anxious to be heard during a tumultuous time. My…
John Molina is Chief Financial Officer of a Fortune 500 corporation based in Long Beach, Molina Healthcare, a company his father, C. David Molina founded more than 30 years ago. We’re sure he’s a very busy executive, but you have to stop and listen as he speaks admiringly about his parents, David and Maria Rose…
Molina Healthcare is a Fortune 500, multi-state health care organization, started and still thriving in Long Beach. According to the company’s website, it “arranges for the delivery of health care services and offers health information management solutions to nearly five million individuals and families who receive their care through Medicaid, Medicare and other government-funded programs in…
PalacioMagazine.com continues its conversation with Griselda Suarez, the new Executive Director of the Arts Council for Long Beach. We ended the last conversation addressing the Arts Registry at the Council. In this conversation, we speak about opening up our vision to include all of Long Beach and not just a few sections of the city….
We first met Griselda Suarez at an event at The Playhouse a few years back. She and her partner were catering it with their food business. The food was spicy and delicious. I saw that dedication and commitment to quality again last year during the partnership between Palacio Magazine, Leadership Long Beach and IdeaFest. Ms….
The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) has announced that Lourdes I. Ramos, Ph. D. has been selected as the museum’s new President and CEO. Robert Braun, Co-Chair of the Board of Directors for the Museum of Latin American Art, said in a press release, “We are so excited to see someone of Dr. Ramos’…
Solar Energy does not have to be the exclusive option for homeowners that can pay, so says GRID Alternatives, a nonprofit organization. According to their website, GRID Alternatives’ “vision is a successful transition to clean, renewable energy that includes everyone.” They want to make all renewable energy technologies like solar energy and job training available…
Chicano artist Frank Romero is the subject of a historic retrospective at the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) in Long Beach. Dreamland: A Frank Romero Retrospective is an exhibition of the artist’s work spanning over 50 years. It is his first museum retrospective and the first solo exhibition of a Chicano Artist at MOLAA….
Latina Empowerment and Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez was written by Stephanie Lopez, a student majoring in Political Science at California State University, Long Beach. Of the 8,236 seats in state and national political office, only 109 are held by Latina women. This, according to LatinasRepresent. This is an initiative led by National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, Hispanas…
Cafe Alba serves up Latin Soul food. You would never know it from the sidewalk on South Los Angeles Street. Located on the first floor of an apartment complex in a food court, Cafe Alba is the brainchild of Jorge Mora and Jose Albertini. The two met in Culinary School and decided that they wanted…