“Well, you’re Hispanic. That’s how you got in. You know that, right?” …twelve words that destroyed me that fall day freshman year. I had just started college at the University of Florida and I was attending my first class in the honors program. I’d qualified without a problem, or so I thought. Now, a fellow… Continue reading You Only Got In Because You’re Latina
Author: Diana Alvear
Diana Alvear is a media coach and consultant. During her decade as a broadcast journalist, she covered hurricanes and wildfires, the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan, and the election of President Obama. Her all-time favorite experiences were reporting live on the Chilean miner rescue and watching from a rooftop across from Westminster Abbey as Kate Middleton became a princess. Passionate about women’s personal power, Diana also teaches Muay Thai kickboxing and published her first kids book, Sal Finds a Forever Home, based on her kitty Sal waiting in the shelter for a loving home. Follow her at dianaalvear.com.