Food Fuels: MomsRising #FoodPower Conference Recap (Part 1)

Let’s get straight to the point: Food Fuels. It fuels our bodies, our brains, our emotions. It determines whether we function fully or half arse. So, what are you eating? Are you diluting your body with sub-par food or using the premium supply that can harvest your energy? At the MomsRising Food Power conference in [...]

Oz The Great and Powerful: Mariah Carey’s “Almost Home” Video and Lyrics

Mariah Carey’s new music video for “Almost Home” which plays during the OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL is a keeper! Below find the lyrics and video.         Let’s talk! Have you seen Oz The Great and Powerful? What did you think of the movie and Mariah Carey’s song?

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Character Portraits

The second film in THE HUNGER GAMES trilogy, CATCHING FIRE, is set to hit theaters on November 22. Yet, you can get an inside peek at the character’s portraits! Below are the Hunger Games Capitol Couture character portraits – 11 in total. Which is your favorite? Let us know in a comment!

The Call FREE Movie Screening

The Call, rated R, opens nationwide on March 15; however, Latina On a Mission readers will have the opportunity to see a FREE movie screening of The Call before it opens! The Call features Halle Berry, Abigal Breslin and Morris Chestnut. Synopsis When veteran 911 operator, Jordan (Halle Berry), takes a life-altering call from a [...]

Pin Your Worries Away with Acupuncture

The first time I heard about acupuncture was my ‘hippie’ Ecuadorian step aunt. I remember her administering acupuncture to my stepfather while I watched in amazement. It amazed me that it didn’t seem to hurt him at all. My aunt went on to explain that acupuncture was a form of Chinese medicine that has been [...]

Big girl working out!

I’m a big girl, plus size to be exact, and I work out. Rich foods are a staple in my home and especially in the home I was raised in.I doubt that will change– my heritage brings me great food pleasure and my mother’s pasteles will always be one of my favorite foods. See I [...]

MomsRising’s Junk Food and Childhood Obesity Tweetchat

Today, Friday, March 1st, MomsRising is hosting a special tweetchat at 1 PM EST to discuss junk food and childhood obesity. Special guests will include presenters from the NYC #FoodPower Conference to Reverse Childhood Obesity happening on Saturday, March 2nd. Click for more info about the FREE #NYC Blogger Conference. I, along with the other MomsRising’s #FoodPower speakers, [...]

Snitch Movie Review

Based on true-life events, Snitch starring Dwayne Johnson, has viewers asking, “To what extreme would I go to save my child?” Click for Snitch Movie Review with spoilers. Snitch is an action packed, heart-wrenching movie.  John Matthews (played by Dwayne Johnson, who many of you know as The Rock) is a father desperately trying to save his [...]

Snitch Movie Review with Spoilers

Based on true-life events, Snitch starring Dwayne Johnson, has viewers asking, “To what extreme would I go to save my child?” Click for Snitch Movie Review without spoilers.   Snitch is an action packed, heart-wrenching movie.  John Matthews (played by Dwayne Johnson, who many of you know as The Rock) is a father is desperately trying to [...]

FREE #NYC Blogger Conference

As a blogger, I have grown because of the community I’ve surrounded myself with. That community is filled with bloggers, PR representatives and readers, like YOU. My community didn’t grow overnight. Nope. It grew by my outreach, by networking, by attending conferences, like the FREE NYC Blogger Conference coming up this Saturday. I’ve made wonderful [...]