Blog Posts by MadeInSpanglish

From famous children, to the spouses of Latina stars, this month we keep our cumpleaños en familia. October is also the month to celebrate the birthdays of some of the most influential Hispanic artists of the 20th century.

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, get to know these celebrity chicas who are breast cancer survivors and continue their fight against the disease.

A new financial aid website and a series of college-prep fairs are partnering to raise the graduation rate among Latino students.
Latino college graduates have new reasons to celebrate.
He was an excellent student and the first in his family of Mexican immigrants to finish high school. But when he sat down with his school's counselor to talk about going to college, he received discouraging advice: just go and work in the steel mills. That's how Marty Castro's story begins, but it's not how it continued. Castro is not only the first college graduate in his family, but also a graduate of The University of Michigan Law School, who became the first Latino to lead the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Castro's story, however, is a disheartening exception within the largest minority in the United States, as Latino students represent only 14% of all US students who have earned a college degree. In an effort to bridge the gap, Castro co-founded New Futuro, a website aiming to become "the largest Hispanic scholarship database" in

The Latina actress, who hosted the 2012 NCLR Alma Awards with funny man George Lopez, had nine different changes in a dazzling fashion display worthy of Hispanic entertainment's biggest night.

And the initials are not "JB"!

She's the kind of actreSelena Gomez (WireImage)ss, pop singer and fashionista most chicas love to follow and admire. But when we asked Selena Gomez who she looked up to, she had only one answer: the first Selena. "I was named after Selena Quintanilla, and I looked up to her growing up. I loved her music. I watched her movie over and over again. I went to Corpus Christie [Texas]; I saw her grave and her home. That's someone I definitely look up to," says Gomez.

VIDEO: Get Selena's makeup look

Like Quintanilla, Gomez was raised in Texas in a family who celebrated its Mexican roots and made Latin culture its own. The Latina actress reportedly grew up celebrating Quinceañeras and having Sunday asados after church. And when it comes to comida mexicana, she names pork tamales as her favorite dish, but says she's afraid nothing good will come out if she's the one preparing them.

Check out what Selena Gomez's says about love in her video interview:

This Colombian bombshell is all about having fun. Follow her day as she enjoyed the Emmy Awards celebrations with the cast of Modern Family and with her own familia.

They're gorgeous, fashionable, and we all would love to look as beautiful as they are, except that "they" are some of our favorite male actors playing women in movies and telenovelas. See if you can recognize the famoso in drag, and pick which look you like best.

by Ruth Mercado for Shine Latina

Confirming the increasing sounds of the rumor mill, Colombian pop star Shakira (35) said on Wednesday Shakira and Gerard Piqué that she is indeed pregnant. In a message delivered via social media, the singer of "Hips Don't Lie" says to be "very happy" along with her boyfriend of three years, Spanish soccer star Gerard Piqué (25).

Her short message to the public (written in both English and Spanish) was published simultaneously in Facebook, Twitter and her website, shakira.com. In it she also apologizes for cancelling a number of already scheduled promotional appearances, fueling further rumors of a possible prescribed bed rest. What is not clear is if she will continue with plans of joining the cast of "The Voice" as announced previously.

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Here's a look at the happy news in the Latina singer's own words:

As some of you may know, Gerard and I are very happy awaiting the arrival of our first baby! At this time we have decided to