Author Ivan Sanchez

EDITOR’S NOTE; After a hiatus from published writing, Author Ivan Sanchez returns with his latest opinion piece. Welcome back, Ivan. Several months back I put the pen down and told myself I wasn’t going to write anymore freelance articles. The reasoning behind my decision was simple. Media, especially social media now moves so fast that […]

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was co-written by Ivan Sanchez and Jane Gabriels, Director of Pepatián. For further information please feel free to contact any of the organizations linked in this article.  By now it is of no great surprise to know that when our country enters into an economic recession, the first programs to lose funding are […]

As the curtains draw open tonight at the Poets Den Theater in El Barrio, New York City – the spotlight will unquestionably shine brightly on Luis Antonio Ramos, one of the most talented Latino actors to grace the stage and screen over the past 30 years. Growing up Gonzales, the one-man play written by Felix Rojas, […]

On January 15th, 2009, 11-year-old Malala Yousafzai wrote on her BBC blog, “The night was filled with the noise of artillery fire and I woke up three times. But since there was no school I got up later at 10 am. Today, I also read the diary written for the BBC (in Urdu) and published in the […]

Spending a day with Latino visionary James “Koe” Rodriguez is like hanging out with your older primo. He’s always dressed fresh-to-death and you’re immediately submerged into the feeling that even though he’s only a few years older, he’s already lived two lifetimes ahead and is in the midst of conquering yet a third. Koe has […]

On the day of my 40th birthday several weeks back, I received a card from my girlfriend that read, “A man becomes a true man when he uses his words to build up and not tear down…”     And while it’s rare that any number of words has the ability to make me stop in […]