Octavio Blanco
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How Latinos are saving this former Pennsylvania mining town
After a legal fight between the city and civil rights lawyers put Hazleton in the national spotlight as an anti-Latino city, it's clear that Latinos have become the key to Hazleton's economic future. → Read More
How this Vietnamese refugee became Uber's CTO
Four years after the U.S. left Vietnam, Thuan Pham, his younger brother and his mother boarded a small fishing boat in the middle of the night and made their escape from the communist nation, risking their lives for a better life. → Read More
NYU dean wants to teach low-income students 'how to fish'
Although he grew up comfortably in Jamaica, Peter Henry's childhood, witnessing the poverty and despair on the island, pushed him to want to understand global economic inequality and to gave him the tools to become NYU Stern School of Business' youngest dean. → Read More
One immigrant's path from cleaning houses to Stanford professor
Fei-Fei Li immigrated to Parsippany New Jersey when she was 16 years old. Her family struggled for survival but Li had a dream to live an intensely intellectual life. → Read More
N.J. clears way for children of undocumented immigrants to get financial aid
On Wednesday, New Jersey said it is changing its practices and will stop automatically denying financial aid to children of undocumented immigrants. → Read More
Latinos see a brighter financial future, despite hurdles
According to a new survey by the Pew Research Center, most Latinos say they are very optimistic about their financial future. However their financial reality paints a different picture. → Read More
Juilliard-trained cellist embraces her own immigrant story
Julliard-trained cellist Christine Lamprea saw one of her biggest dreams come true last month: She had her first performance ever in Colombia, the country her parents left almost 50 years ago. → Read More
Nigerian immigrant dreams of finding cures for infectious diseases
Born in Nigeria and raised in the South Bronx, Chidiebere Akusobi is on his way to becoming a physician and researching cures for infectious diseases. Here's the story of his American Dream. → Read More
My American Dream: Fighting for immigrant rights in the Deep South
Growing up as one of the only Indian-Americans in her small town in Georgia, Sharada Jambualpati faced all sorts of discrimination and insults. Now, she's getting her law degree from UC Berkeley and working toward becoming an advocate for immigrant children and young convicts, who feel much like she did when she was growing up. → Read More
I want to bring health care to undocumented immigrants
Denisse Rojas was inspired to become a doctor by her families struggles in obtaining medical care. "She is also working hard to obtain rights and change the perception American have of undocumented immigrants in the United States. → Read More
I want to bring health care to undocumented immigrants
Denisse Rojas was inspired to become a doctor by her families struggles in obtaining medical care. "She is also working hard to obtain rights and change the perception American have of undocumented immigrants in the United States. → Read More
Texas now ties New York for second largest immigrant population
A report from the Pew Research Center finds that Texas and New York each claim some 4.5 million immigrants, making them the second most immigrant-rich states in the country behind California. → Read More
My American Dream: Offering legal help to other immigrants
A generous community helped Akbar Hossain to realize his American Dream. Now Akbar is studying law and hopes to help immigrants from low-income communities, much like his own family. → Read More
Why so few Latino-owned businesses get venture capital funding
In the world of venture capital, Latino-owned businesses are rarer than billion-dollar unicorns. Here's why. → Read More
Bringing solar power and jobs to low-income neighborhoods
Mark Davis has gone from pounding the NBA's floor boards to city rooftops, where his firm WDC solar installs solar systems on low income homes. → Read More
This startup helps underserved Latino businesses get funding
Camino Financial, a Latino-owned, VC-funded startup in the hot Silicon Valley fintech world, that matches small businesses with capital, says there is a $7 billion untapped Latino business lending market in the United States. → Read More
How this son of migrant farm workers became an astronaut
Millions of kids dream of going into space. But Jose Hernandez made that dream a reality. And, as the son of migrant farm workers, he did so against incredible odds. → Read More
From Ghana to Greyhound: One immigrant's story of getting by in New York
For Greyhound travelers in New York City, Edmund Marfo is a ray of light in the gray Port Authority bus station. But this native of Ghana hasn't always led such a sunny life himself. Here's how he's turning things around and getting by in the U.S. → Read More
Unlikely recruit becomes top legal adviser in the U.S. Army
General Ural Glanville went from a high school underachiever to a top U.S. military legal adviser. Here's his American success story. → Read More
Daymond John on hip-hop, his mom and making it big
Shark Tank's Daymond John has become the face of American entrepreneurship, managing a multi-million dollar empire encompassing fashion, media, and philanthropy. Now President Obama has tapped him as ambassador of global entrepreneurship to help people from all walks of life start their own businesses. → Read More