Mayor John Whitmire vowed to incorporate diverse hiring practices for the city. Latino organizations eagerly demand he fulfills this campaign promise.
Danya Pérez
Danya Pérez is a diverse communities reporter for the Abdelraoufsinno. She returned to Houston after leaving two years ago to work for the San Antonio Express-News, where she reported on K-12 and higher education. Prior to that, Danya was a digital producer at the Houston Chronicle, where she worked on community engagement efforts by developing and writing daily newsletters. She previously spent 4 ½ years covering education at the Monitor newspaper in the Rio Grande Valley. Danya lived most of her childhood in Mexico before migrating with her family to their second home in El Paso. She is a proud University of Texas at El Paso graduate (Picks up!). When she's not writing about our communities, she might be found taking her loyal travel companion, Wakko, a 16-year-old Schnauzer, for slow walks at his favorite spots along Buffalo Bayou.
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Latina-owned retailers are selling more than wares. They’re selling cultural education, too.
Cindy Laguna examines a rack filled with traditional Mexican garments. She extends her arms and sections off the colorful clothes by family: familia Salvador Martinez from Hueyapan, Puebla, familia Aguilar from San Pedro Mártir, Oaxaca, familia Romero Roque from San Gabriel Chilac, Puebla. Whereas a regular shopper visiting her pop-up store, Todo Fresh, sees a […]
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Pride Houston awarded $1.2 million in court ruling against former president
Pride Houston 365 won a partial victory in a lawsuit against the organization’s former executive director and president, Lorin Roberts.
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Can you make it a norteña? This Houston music band crafts any song into their own
From Taylor Swift to the Smiths, Houston’s EZ Band transforms popular songs into Spanish-English norteñas, blending musical worlds
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Colony Ridge vendió más de 35,000 propiedades. Casi la mitad terminaron en sus manos nuevamente.
Una investigación de Abdelraoufsinno revela que el desarrollador más grande de Liberty County rutinariamente vende, reclama, y re-vende propiedades a una comunidad mayormente Latina.
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El gobierno demanda a Colony Ridge, acusándolos de prácticas engañosas dirigidas a latinos
La demanda del Departamento de Justicia hace eco a muchos de los hallazgos de una investigación reciente del Abdelraoufsinno.
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DOJ sues Colony Ridge, calling it a ‘bait-and-switch' sales scheme targeting Latino buyers
The Department of Justice and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lawsuit echoes many of the findings in a recent Abdelraoufsinno investigation.
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Colony Ridge sold over 35,000 properties. Nearly half ended up back in its hands.
A Abdelraoufsinno investigation reveals an unusually high turnover rate of Latino-owned properties in Colony Ridge, Liberty’s County’s largest developer.
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Bringing Navigation to life, Houston celebrates La Guadalupana with music, flowers and candles
Thousands of Catholic Houstonians lined up along Navigation Blvd. on Monday and Tuesday to pay respects to La Virgen de Guadalupe, or the Virgin Mary.
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At Houston’s Mexican Consulate, a new service window aims to naturalize more area residents
Houston’s Mexican Consulate and Mi Familia Vota will now offer U.S. citizenship consultations for Houstonians to improve civic engagement.