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The Moral Imperative of Forest Management
Aug 16, 2026
Wildfire is a complicated problem. Climate, weather, topography, ignition,development, and forest conditions all matter. Good leadership starts by understanding the system, identifying the variables we can influence, and acting on them before the next...
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It's You Vs. You Four Years Ago
Aug 15, 2026
It’s not you vs. you, it’s you vs. you four years ago
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Patterns and Common Toolkits
May 15, 2026
After closing a business deal, pay close attention to your daily patterns when transacting. It's in the patterns...
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Huddles To Build Momentum
Dec 14, 2023
Why daily huddles, weekly management, and quarterly/annual reviews create momentum and make it easier to exit or grow...
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Automating Customer Support
Sep 25, 2026
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Patterns and Common Toolkits
May 15, 2026
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Huddles To Build Momentum
Dec 14, 2023
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Leadership
The Moral Imperative of Forest Management
Aug 16, 2026
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It's You Vs. You Four Years Ago
Aug 15, 2026
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Lifestyle Medicine
Diet, Lifestyle Medicine, and Business Health
May 16, 2026
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Leveraging Nature
Nov 27, 2025
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The Power of a Lymphatic Drainage Massage
Oct 25, 2023
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Using Airplane Mode To Sleep Better
Aug 6, 2023
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Podcast of the Week: Labrada & Saadia
Nov 26, 2022
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Systems
Automating Customer Support
Sep 25, 2026
This morning, AI took our order at a drive-through. At the window, it was a human. A small example of where automation may be...
Read →Subject/Genre Categories, Book Keywords, and Assessment Reports
May 18, 2026
In preparation for The Principles of MESLO summer release, my publishing assistant requested subject/genre categories, and book keywords
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Diet, Lifestyle Medicine, and Business Health
May 16, 2026
I was hanging w/ some friends at Whidbey Island Bagel Factory and a friend remarked, “that diet you’re doing is helping you… you’re looking...
Read →Aunt AI
Dec 1, 2025
Over the past few weeks I served as the middle person to AI-generated responses. Today, I bridged that gap on my mom and aunt's...
Read →Exploratory Experiences
Nov 30, 2025
Take the bus, experience new scenery, and check your blindspots
Read →Intentional Travels
Nov 29, 2025
Bridging the gap between Slack, Zoom and virtual meetups to in person conversations
Read →Ponches and Black Friday
Nov 28, 2025
Spending the week supporting small businesses for Black Friday, starting with ponches
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Leveraging Nature
Nov 27, 2025
Over the past three years I've transitioned from prescriptive medicine to lifestyle medicine, one in which health is the foundation of living. This has...
Read →Collaborate More Than Compete
Dec 13, 2023
Over the years I’ve read about the importance of collaboration w/ competitors vs. competing with them
Read →What Makes a Cover Letter
Dec 10, 2023
A cover letter for a job tells a story to the interviewing committee why they should proceed to the resume. This is what I’ve...
Read →Frankl On Hope, Something To Live For
Dec 5, 2023
I do find meaning in taking in the sun every morning, the birds chirping, the feel of grass on my feet, and that we...
Read →Reporting Quadrant
Dec 4, 2023
This afternoon I observed a conversation between a business owner and an employee. The conversation centered on updates, taskers, and what is expected
Read →CEO Management Assessment
Dec 3, 2023
During the Stanford GSB LBAN Program Latino entrepreneurs benefit from several, incuding learning, network, mentor, and assessment with key data points to help you...
Read →Bloom, Learn to Invest App
Dec 2, 2023
When one of my twins, Citlali, mentioned this afternoon she wanted to learn how to invest, alongside Crunchbase, Morningstar and Robinhood, I thought about...
Read →Strategy AI
Dec 1, 2023
Alongside human resource officer I was being encouraged to go into a very specific functional area called 59, or an Army Strategists
Read →Value of Time and Time Decay
Nov 30, 2023
Picture this. You drive almost an hour to a function only to arrive and quickly decide about the opportunity cost and time decay. I...
Read →How To Build A Nonprofit (2023 Guide)
Nov 16, 2023
Earlier this evening I was chatting with a business student about building a non-profit. This is an update to my earlier, Launching a Nonprofit...
Read →Kyle McClelland on Veteran's Day
Nov 11, 2023
Today on Veteran’s Day I want to share this post, an oldie but one that has been going around for about two years. I...
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The Power of a Lymphatic Drainage Massage
Oct 25, 2023
For almost two decades I’ve suffered from waking up throughout the night and some would say snoring. Through the years VA doctors have suggested...
Read →Open Source Night Baltimore Anniversary
Sep 25, 2023
Today, 13 years ago I attended my first Open Source Night in Baltimore, a place to create, tinker and hack something together. The Ruby...
Read →Lifestyle medicine
Using Airplane Mode To Sleep Better
Aug 6, 2023
For years I’ve suffered from lack of sleep. I imagined it was because I worked too hard, ate too close to going to bed,...
Read →Why and How to Scale a Government Contracting Company
Jun 29, 2023
This is a recap I gave earlier to a group of aspiring entrepreneurs, small business owners, and owner-operators on the topic of government contracting....
Read →Avoid Technical Debt and Duplication
Jun 28, 2023
For a few weeks I’ve been trying to update my blog without success. On the one hand, GitHub showed the most recent source code...
Read →How to Change Date Time in Jekyll
May 3, 2023
A few days ago I posted about my grandfather’s passing and shared it. Unfortunately the link, https://davidcmolina. com/2023/05/01/eusebio-lopez-chevio-flores-dies-at-90/ broke as soon as May 2nd...
Read →Eusebio Don Chevio Lopez, el Abuelo, Age 90 of Compostela, Nayarit Departs to the Other Side
May 1, 2023
Eusebio “Don Chevio” Lopez, age 90 of Compostela, Nayarit passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, May 1st, 2023 surrounded by family. He...
Read →United States Two Stark Choices and Food Security
Mar 7, 2023
The United States faces two stark choices: grow and control U. S. food security within our borders or import from abroad often with zero...
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Podcast of the Week: Labrada & Saadia
Nov 26, 2022
As some of you know I had to step away a few months ago, and reset. Some do it every Sunday, some annually on...
Read →Operation Code Launch Four Years Ago Today
Apr 16, 2019
Today, Facebook reminded me of the Operation Code Launch Party held on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at Epicodus code school. The event drew over...
Read →Dorchester Conference, Welches, Oregon
Apr 12, 2019
This weekend I headed to the Resort at the Mountain in Welches, Oregon for Dorchester Conference, the oldest annual political conference in the country....
Read →Latino Founder Hour: David Molina Geeking Out with Operation Code
Mar 13, 2019
Today, I was interviewed on Latino Founder Hour by tech entrepreneur Edgar Navas over at NedSpace, Portland’s original co-working space with some of the...
Read →Operation Code Interviews with Vets in Tech - David Molina, former U.S. Army Captain
Jan 15, 2019
Today, I was interviewed on the Operation Code podcast by former Googler and podcast host, Bob Purvy. The Operation Code podcast was his brainchild...
Read →God Speed Adam Mayer
Mar 31, 2018
This morning Oregon lost an American patriot— unexpectedly. We had just broke bread this past Wednesday at my Campaign Kick-Off. A fellow Republican PCP,...
Read →Hacking Entrepreneurship — An Interview with David Molina of Operation Code
Jan 17, 2018
This article originally published on The Hum, and written by David Powers. David Molina is the Founder & CEO of Operation Code, a 501(c)(3)...
Read →Launching a Nonprofit, the Operation Code Way
Jul 22, 2017
This afternoon I spoke to my friend, Alexander Días Rios, who was inquiring on Facebook information on launching a nonprofit. I had commented that...
Read →Helping One Kayla Asay at a Time
Jul 21, 2017
This morning I had a great visit from one of our Operation Code members, an Army veteran who’s looking to relocate to Portland, Ore....
Read →Tech Inclusion Seattle
Jun 14, 2017
This morning I traveled to Seattle, Wa. to be on a panel at Tech Inclusion Seattle. The focus of the event: creating solutions to...
Read →Counting My Lucky Stars
Jun 13, 2017
Today, I had the privilege to accompany my oldest daughter on her last field trip of her 3rd grade to Fernhill Wetlands. Earlier this...
Read →Speaking At Tech Jobs Tour Seattle
May 23, 2017
This Wednesday afternoon, I’ll be speaking at Tech Jobs Tour Seattle during the evening and probably before the 3rd Chief Technology Officer of the...
Read →Mole and Interview Cake With Kyle Holmberg
May 23, 2017
This past Sunday I met up for lunch w/ prior service Oregon National guardsman Kyle Holmberg who was in town for PyCon, the largest...
Read →Video Of The Week: My Talk At Bunker Labs Seattle, First Annual Muster
May 8, 2017
Last Friday afternoon, I went to Bunker Labs Seattle for their first annual muster and spoke for about 15mins. Those remarks are below
Read →What I'm Doing Now
Apr 30, 2017
Every so often I’m asked what I’m doing now. These questions come from friends and/or family and they arrive through Facebook messenger or email...
Read →Scaling an Idea
Apr 26, 2017
So whatever the case, whatever the pain– solve the pain for a customer. Figure out what type of structure you’d like to solve the...
Read →David Molina at 38
Apr 8, 2017
I don’t pretend to know all the answers, and will fail many times before finding them, but I won’t settle for status quo or...
Read →Blog Migration Complete
Jan 2, 2017
Anyone who’s ever tried blogging knows what a pain it is to write and publish their work, and own their work. A few years...
Read →Happy New Year Everyone
Jan 1, 2017
Happy New Year Everyone. We arrived late this evening from a weekend in Mount Vernon, Washington (Skagit Valley) visiting mom, sisters, nephews and nieces....
Read →Happy Christmas Eve
Dec 24, 2016
Honestly, it’s my favorite part of the day. So far we’ve not cut any wood today (we have plenty), but tons of time playing...
Read →Remembering Oscar Montemayor
Oct 21, 2016
Read →Ruby on Rails PDX
Sep 21, 2016
Not certain if it was recorded. Will update this post with link if it becomes avail
Read →Interview with Joe Crane at Veteran on the Move Podcast
Aug 1, 2016
It’s a little over 30 minutes long. If you have time, check it out and let me know what you think, or check out...
Read →Weekend at Lincoln City
Jul 31, 2016
Thanks to Mike Boyer & family for the wonderful invite to relax, reset and recharge
Read →What Happens When Military Veterans Learn to Code. CodeConf LA 2016
Jun 29, 2016
I presented the talk, “When Happens When Military Veterans Learn to Code,” at CodeConf LA this week. The full slides are available on Speaker...
Read →Leveraging 1Password
Jun 26, 2016
In a world where teams work remotely, in a decentralized operating environment, where you have to trust in your team to get things done...
Read →Going Backwards in New York City. Airbnb
Jun 18, 2016
Any traveler watching the news of late will notice something extraordinary happening and playing across the United States, and it’s worrisome to this entrepreneur...
Read →Post-ThinkMujer Summit Portland
Jun 17, 2016
Like anyone that attended this year’s ThinkMujer Summit at the University of Portland, I was impressed and in awe that 200 Latina professionals, bilingual...
Read →The Calm Before the ThinkMujer Summit Storm
Jun 2, 2016
In early April I wrote about the need to balance family and work and mentioned how my wife, Edith, was once again organizing the...
Read →A Nice Way To Celebrate Memorial Day
May 31, 2016
During the course of my last active-duty mobilization at Dover AFB I met many families who had lost their loved ones in service to...
Read →Paint the Picture
Apr 13, 2016
Writing is hard. I’ll admit it’s not easy and it’s painful trying to get the words just right. Years ago, at a migrant student...
Read →Overcoming Care
Apr 12, 2016
Over the weekend, I took our daughters to Henry Hagg Lake to hike and get away from our computers. During our visit we saw...
Read →Balancing Family and Work
Apr 8, 2016
Today, my better half, Edith, departed to Eastern Oregon on a small chartered plane as part of her consulting work. The client had been...
Read →Full Descriptive Biographies
Apr 7, 2016
I had a huge and pivotal morning meeting in downtown, Portland. Literally. The meeting was about something that doesn’t exist, that will exist, and...
Read →Hurry Up and Wait
Apr 6, 2016
Portland is warming up fast. 72 here today. This morning on the way to work we saw a drone flying over the Forest Grove...
Read →SSH Keys, Trello and Meetups
Mar 19, 2016
This week was a mad rush. What week isn’t, right. First, my SSH keys failed when pushing code up for a friend’s site
Read →The Day my Network Expanded by a Twitter DM
Jan 15, 2016
I grew up poor, jumping from multiple migrant farmworker camps to the next, starting in Hood River, Oregon and ultimately landing in the Skagit...
Read →Adios to 2012
Dec 31, 2012
This past year will go down personally as one of the most nurturing, rewarding and educational years. Our little family continued to grow
Read →Learning to Code - Building a URL from Scratch
Oct 15, 2012
Since 1996, when I was first introduced to HTML by Mr. Sedgewick at Mount Vernon High, I’ve had this itch to craft and build...
Read →Hack Because You Can
Jun 26, 2012
I just returned from 3 nights, 4 days in New York City for my first Hackathon. While I didn’t join any of the teams...
Read →The Eleventh Hour
Apr 9, 2011
This week the stress for almost every American reached new heights, be it in Oregon serving in the National Guard or Reserves to serving...
Read →Why Molina Recommends Rework & Be Like Rowan
Feb 24, 2011
In How I Got the Message to General Garcia, Col. Rowan explains in detail how it happened. A must read
Read →The Best Oregon Co-Pilot Ever
Feb 20, 2011
This evening, I bid farewell to Edith’s dad, my father-in-law, former-Pastor Juan Quiroz at BWI. After trekking nearly 3,000 miles cross-country from Oregon to...
Read →Never Judge a Restaurant by its Cover
Feb 20, 2011
This morning my father-in-law and I were scheduled for bfast just down the street from Red Roof Inn at Laurel. I had been telling...
Read →Another of Life's Journey. Oregon Trek to Maryland/Delaware
Feb 15, 2011
We’ve been on the road since Saturday evening when my father-in-law, former Pastor Juan Quiroz packed our bags, kissed/hugged our wife’s & kids goodbye,...
Read →Moving Military Families Courtesy of NorthAmerican Vanlines. Thanks Mike & Steve!
Feb 12, 2011
Earlier today, the reality of moving to Delaware became ever so real when Mike & Steve pulled up at our Portland home on the...
Read →A Legislative Agenda.
Feb 5, 2011
Over the past few months, I’ve received a ton of correspondence, messages and phone calls for legislative agenda this or that. Sure, the legislative...
Read →What if we only had to pay $15 to visit a doctor?
Feb 3, 2011
As a dad of three young daughters under 3 this is affordable. As a business owner this is doable. The importance of safety net...
Read →Hiring at BilingualHire.
Feb 1, 2011
Who knew the need for bilingual (Spanish/English) temporary staff was high in demand. In late November either everyone was on Thanksgiving-Christmas-Holiday mode or were...
Read →RIP Rick Garrett. We'll Continue Serving on The Other Side.
Jan 15, 2011
This past Thursday, a former co-worker and friend from my previous active-duty military assignment, The Joint Personal Effects Depot (JPED) served God on this...
Read →Google TV finally listens to consumers and advertisers. Auburn vs Oregon 2011.
Jan 9, 2011
As we sit here as a family watching the Oregon Auburn 2011 game on the big screen courtesy of GoogleTV I’m in awe. The...
Read →Insightful tidbits. Insightful Marshall.
Jan 9, 2011
Recently, I had tea w/ Marshall Kirkpatrick (@marshallk) of ReadWriteWeb at Portland’s own tea shop, Townshend’s. We discussed a variety of topics, from current...
Read →Blessings large and small.
Dec 25, 2010
Yesterday, Edith and I participated in Christmas Eve service at Iglesia Christiana Universal Apostolica de Jesus Pentecostes of the Dalles. This church was founded...
Read →Why MEChA needs to podcast and livestream.
Dec 13, 2010
Fact: National, regional and state MEChA is much more technologically organized than in the 1960s. Printed newsletters and authoring pamphlets to distribute could only...
Read →Home alone w/ Paloma & Citlali. #joytotheworld.
Dec 6, 2010
Here our twins, Paloma & Citlali at almost 4 months. In this shot, a family friend, Carol, made some cool homemade sweaters for the...
Read →An American Servicemembers work is never finished. Ahem, Tricare.
Nov 16, 2010
I was reading through the newspaper paper, and ran into this picture of a Sergeant telling youngsters about his medals. From the drawing: “I...
Read →Citlali Olivia & Paloma Catalina do purple. #newborns #tinyperfections.
Nov 6, 2010
Originally posted on Posterous
Read →Our vote. Enthusiasm gap and cake.
Oct 25, 2010
Monday morning, I skipped gym at 24 Hour Fitness to drop our ballots off in Portland. We had been sitting on them over the...
Read →Precious moments and the basics.
Oct 25, 2010
Since 8/27, Edith and I haven’t taken the trek up north to Mount Vernon, Washington. Our twins, Paloma & Citlali, were preemies and too...
Read →Priorities. 49 days later. Resignations and your emails.
Oct 14, 2010
As many of you already know 49 days ago, Edith and I were blessed w/ Paloma & Citlali, twins. At that time we thought,...
Read →Saturday entertainment w/ Maya. For the record, Elmo, never gets old. Ever.
Sep 25, 2010
Thanks Olivia for Maya’s gift & her first Elmo movie. She’s in love. Originally posted on Posterous
Read →Roberto Maestas, RIP carnal.
Sep 22, 2010
Today, the clients, staff, board, and friends of El Centro de La Raza, a Seattle community-based organization mourned the lost of its co-founder and...
Read →Maya's new black truck. #dadtime.
Sep 22, 2010
One day Maya is opening her eyes for the first time. Next, crawling. Then, walking & running
Read →September 11 battle assembly, Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington.
Sep 11, 2010
Today, I unpacked and put back on our nation’s Army Combat Uniform (ACUs) again for the first time since mid-June 2008. I still remember...
Read →Portland Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center Prognosis.
Sep 10, 2010
There’s an old saying often quoted by executive coaches, bots on Twitter, entrepreneurship circles and dinner tables around the world and while I hate...
Read →David & Edith Molina & family announce the arrival of Paloma Catalina & Citlali Molina, Portland, Oregon. 8/27/Blessing.
Aug 27, 2010
We’re happy to announce the healthy arrival of two new blessings to our family–Paloma Catalina (4lbs 9oz) born at 0816 and Citlali Olivia (5lbs...
Read →See you on the other side, Paloma & Gaviota. 8/27/Blessing.
Aug 27, 2010
Before After Originally posted on Posterous
Read →A Portland VA Medical Center Priority: Veterans. Now. Period.
Aug 19, 2010
Now I’m not the first to pen open criticism of our nation’s Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers, whether its Walter Reed or Portland VA...
Read →Choosing girl baby names, from Marazul to Morelia.
Aug 15, 2010
Choosing our babies names has been challenging over the past few months. As you may be fully aware Edith and I have been blessed...
Read →Weddings. Happy content producers and social media.
Aug 8, 2010
Yesterday, Edith and I were witnesses to the matrimony of Dario & Karla Vergara. What was incredible was the amount of photos and video...
Read →Wishing Maya, a very happy bday today on her 2nd bday.
Aug 2, 2010
Today, our daughter, Maya, turns 2. When friends asked her how old she was, she smiles, “dos. ” Love you, Maya, hoy y siempre...
Read →Paloma & Gaviota Molina.
Jul 31, 2010
In the early days of Paloma & Gaviota. This week, 33 weeks. We’ll meet you soon
Read →No more DVD players. Ever. Just an outlet. Smartphone. Pandora. Speakers. Anywhere.
Jul 18, 2010
Last night, I hung out w/ family & friends at Izzy & Blanca Quiroz’s (brother-in-law) The Dalles home in their backyard. As many of...
Read →Ribs. Now. Happy 4th.
Jul 4, 2010
Today, our familia celebrates the 4th. Family from The Dalles to friends from Stockton, and Portland, we enjoy some cold ones, carne asada, salsa...
Read →Preparing one Orlando Lopez at a time
Jun 24, 2010
This morning I had the pleasure of running into Western Oregon University student, Orlando Lopez, at Woodburn’s City Hall on my way out from...
Read →After a short break, getting back on track
Jun 23, 2010
Over the past five months, my focus has been on our little family’s impending growth (we’re expecting twins), and over the past 60 days,...
Read →The right and wrongs of SB 1070
May 19, 2010
I was listening to a local Spanish-talk radio program, and the caller argued for why SB 1070 might be good. He argued that the...
Read →Why we are moving from this SE Portland house (Rockwood), immediately, and cutting our losses
May 9, 2010
“Wow. Unbelievable. What did the last tenants do, smoke in this closet 24/7” was this mornings newest comment from a neighbor walking by
Read →The America that could be
May 2, 2010
HispanicPundit calls it a “great post. ” My latest post over “where La Raza dishes about political leadership & contemporary issues” titled, “The America...
Read →Maya defies the weather
May 1, 2010
Over the past week our daughter, Maya, has been feeling under the weather. It’s been difficult as parents trying to get some shuteye, but...
Read →A commissioner-driven commission: The Dalles, Oregon
Apr 24, 2010
This morning, Chair Jose Ibarra, and I left Portland and departed our homes for an AM meeting with The Dalles city officials, Mr. Nolan...
Read →Oregon Advocacy Commission Office: New Commissioners Need Apply
Apr 2, 2010
Opportunity To Serve Notice: The Oregon Advocacy Commission Office supports the work of 4 very important advocacy commissions: 1. The Commission on Asian Affairs,...
Read →Interview with Mary Campos on importance of being bilingual
Feb 19, 2010
In this interview, Mrs. Mary Campos, a civil-service commissioner of Des Moines in Iowa, and I get into the importance of being bilingual. Campos...
Read →Interview with Mary Campos on careers in civil-service
Feb 19, 2010
In this podcast, I interviewed Mrs. Mary Campos, a civil-service commissioner appointed by the Mayor of the City of Des Moines in Iowa, about...
Read →Interview with Dr. Chuy Negrete on careers in musicology and importance of preserving history
Feb 19, 2010
In this interview, Dr. Jesus “Chuy” Negrete, Chicano Musicologist, and Founder and Director of the Mexican Cultural Institute of Chicago shares his thoughts and...
Read →Interview with David Cordova on careers in marketing and public relations
Feb 19, 2010
In this podcast, David Córdova of David Córdova & Associates, LLC, a marketing and public relations, shares his thoughts and insights on struggles and...
Read →Educate Conference Aftermath
Feb 19, 2010
On February 10, 2010 over 350+ Latino students converged onto Portland State University (PSU) for MEChA’s Edúcate Conference. In lieu of accepting the keynote...
Read →OCHA Labor & Employment Forum with Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian
Jan 30, 2010
“I’ve lived and worked 44 years in the U. S. , and sent two sons off to American universities, but the respect we get...
Read →13 Oregonian Chicana/o and Latina/o students to represent at USHLI
Jan 28, 2010
IN all, thirteen of Oregon’s best and brightest Chicana/o and Latina/o students will be represented at this year’s United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI),...
Read →Aztlan del Noroeste historic meeting, Portland State University
Jan 11, 2010
This afternoon, I had the distinct pleasure to speak before Oregon’s collegiate MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlan) Chapters at Portland State University (PSU)...
Read →Interview with Salem/Keizer Coalition for Equality Co-Founder/Executive Director, Eduardo Angulo
Jan 1, 2010
In this podcast interview, I sat down with Salem-OR based Salem/Keizer Coalition for Equality Co-Founder and Executive Director, Eduardo Angulo, on non-profit careers in...
Read →No such thing as the sleeping giant
Dec 10, 2009
In case you missed my blog post, “No Such Thing As the Sleeping Giant” over at D. C
Read →Honored to participate at OSU's Si Se Puede event in Woodburn, Oregon
Dec 10, 2009
Yesterday evening, I had the pleasure of speaking before Latina/o parents and their students at Woodburn High School. The evening was packed with OSU...
Read →Square could revolutionize every taquera and everything in between
Dec 7, 2009
Earlier this last week, Jack Dorsey/@jack, the founder of Twitter, launched his newest venture called Square. The shirt-pocket sized device plugs into an iPhone...
Read →Recycle. Reuse. Rethinking New Ways
Dec 1, 2009
Sunday, I had the joy of taking my toddler, Maya, to visit the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) located just off the...
Read →Interview with Path to Scholarships Co-Author, Gerardo Ochoa, on Winning Scholarships
Nov 19, 2009
In this interview, I sat down with Path to Scholarships co-author, Gerardo Ochoa, on what makes an award winning scholarship. Ochoa explains that, “you...
Read →Dr. Manuel Pacheco Scholarship Reception, El Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez
Nov 18, 2009
On Thursday evening, November 19th, the Oregon State University Chicano/Latino Alumni Association and El Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez will host the Dr. Manuel Pacheco...
Read →Health Care Reform & Health Disparities: A Spanish Forum for the Latino Community
Nov 15, 2009
On Sat. , Nov 7th, 2009, I hosted a forum in the heart of the Rockwood community, inside a Mexican grocery store, Tienda La...
Read →The Value of Service
Nov 3, 2009
Over at Latino Politics blog, I explain the importance of public service and why it is important to serve. As many of you know,...
Read →Dia de Los Muertos at Onda Gallery, NE Alberta - Portland
Oct 31, 2009
In honor of our familias and friends that have passed on to the other side, altars adorned with their favorite tequila and favorite dish,...
Read →Promotora Recognition Dinner Keynote Edith Molina
Oct 28, 2009
On Wed. , Oct 14, 2009, my wife, Edith Molina, gave the keynote address at the 2009 Promotora Recognition Dinner hosted at Tuality Healthcare...
Read →Visit to Medford, Oregon
Oct 25, 2009
Friday, October 16th, I attended my quarterly meeting with fellow Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs-OCHA commissioners quarterly meeting in Medford, Oregon. The one-day visit...
Read →Golfing and Carne Asada for Latina/o Scholarships: CHOGA Jalapeno Tour
Oct 19, 2009
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of competing in the CHOGA’s (Chicanos of Oregon Golf Association), 33rd Annual Jalapeno Tour at Sunset Grove, near...
Read →My Conversation With My State Senator
Oct 13, 2009
Last week I sat down with my State Senator. Senator Laurie Monnes-Anderson and I met for about an hour at the Gresham City Hall,...
Read →Gabriel Garcia Obituary
Oct 9, 2009
Gabriel Garcia (3/21/1979 - 10/1/2009), the most recent victim of Thymic cancer left us, all too soon, on Thursday, October 1st at 8:04 p....
Read →Open Content Education
Sep 30, 2009
I was glad to read in this month’s edition of Fast Company Magazine in “Who Needs Harvard “ an explanation as to the movement...
Read →Website Made Simple?
Sep 24, 2009
I’m setting up a Posterous account after reading Jason Calacanis’s Posterous page. And after browsing the different people (Sacca, Chris Brogan, etc) who have...
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