METRO Announces: All Students with ID can use buses, trains for free to get back home until 12pm
Comadres, Please share. Metro just announced that all students with valid student ID will get free rides home on buses andRead More…
Read More…Alma V. Marquez
Alma V. Marquez is the founder of LaComadre.org and is the founder and CEO of Del Sol Group, a communications and public affairs firm focusing on Strategy, Outreach and Leadership in Education, Voter and Civic Engagement. She specializes in parent education, politics and community organizing. She is a proud product of California public schools. She is a graduate of Huntington Park High School in Southeast LA. She also completed her all of credit recovery classes at Maxine Waters Occupational Center in Watts in order to graduate from high school. She attended East LA College and transferred to Occidental College where she earned a Bachelor's degree in English and Comparative Literary Students and Politics. She earned a Master of Arts Degree in Urban Planning at UCLA. Her daughter is a junior in a charter school, chartered by LAUSD. She decided to start the LA Comadre blog because she wanted to create a platform for Latinas and education.
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Happening Live: Press Conference: Supt. Ramon Cortines: Threats are against students at schools
‘Credible Terror Threat’ to LAUSD Prompts School Closures: Officials, Police
Read More…ALL LAUSD Schools Closed TODAY because of credible Terror Threat
‘Credible Terror Threat’ to LAUSD Prompts School Closures: Officials, Police All Los Angeles Unified School District schools were closed Tuesday afterRead More…
Read More…Updated by KABC 5 Minutes ago: LAUSD Considers Closure of All Schools Amid “Fluid Situation”
LAUSD POLICE CONSIDERS CLOSURE OF ALL SCHOOLS AMID ‘FLUID SITUATION’ LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Los Angeles Unified School DistrictRead More…
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Fear and Love: My Preemie taught me to fight for her and school choice
My daughter, Miquitzli, was born 3 months early. She fought to survive and I vowed that I would fight forRead More…
Read More…FAFSA: Senior in High School?
5 things to know about FAFSA- Article from Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201512041800–tms–savagectnts-a20151204-20151204-column.htmlhttp://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201512041800–tms–savagectnts-a20151204-20151204-column.html A Guide to Reporting Parent Info on YourRead More…
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Congress will vote on Federal Education Bill “Every Student Succeeds Act” But Latino Civil Rights Group, LULAC, Says It Won’t Protect Latino Children
At LA Comadre, we’re 100% committed to sharing information which is important about education in LA, in California and ourRead More…
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LA Comadre on Power 106’s Knowledge is Power!
Today, we are on Power 106 sharing our story about why we decided to launch LA Comadre, our blog aboutRead More…
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LAUNCHING on Day of the Dead: Honoring our Dead with this Offering, Educating their descendants
Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday which honors the lives of those who have died. It is believedRead More…
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A Mami’s Wisdom: The Right to Choose an Education
I grew up in a mixed family home. My Dad was an immigrant from northern Mexico—specifically Sonora—and my Mom wasRead More…
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