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Volume 42 • Issue 10 •March 10 - March 16, 2022

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Federación mexicana y la Liga MX imponen sanciones al Querétaro

Health• Salud

Federation, Liga MX tag Queretaro with penalties

a Federación Mexicana de Fútbol y la Liga MX están haciendo que el Querétaro Futbol Club pague por los disturbios ocurridos el 5 de marzo, cuando Querétaro recibió al Atlas en By Chara la jornada 9 del Torneo Clausura de

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he Mexican Football Federation and T Liga MX are making the Queretaro Futbol Club pay for the riots that took place March 5, when Queretaro hosted Atlas in Round 9 of Liga MX’s Clausura Tournament.

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Voces Consulares•5A> Immigration• Inmigración Community• Comunidad

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New Tool for Checking the COVID-19 Community Levels County-by-County

Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow–I

Igualdad de género hoy para un mañana sostenible- I

Nueva herramienta para verificar los niveles comunitarios del COVID-19 condado por condado

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Mattie Rhodes celebrates Women’s History Month with art exhibit

It’s time to file your taxes!

¡Es momento de declarar tus impuestos!

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Mattie Rhodes celebra el Mes de la Historia de la Mujer con una exhibición de arte

Mes de la Historia de la Mujer: Amanda Villarreal By Chara

l trabajo actual de la empresaria Amanda Villarreal está a un mundo de distancia de su primer trabajo. Nacida en Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, Villarreal llegó con su familia a Estados Unidos a los 5 años. Su familia era “muy pobre”, dijo. “Vinimos a Estados Unidos y nos instalamos en California”, dijo. “Vivíamos en un tráiler y yo ayudaba a mis padres a recoger uvas”, dijo. Eventualmente, la familia de Villarreal se mudó al área de Kansas City. Se graduó de Olathe North High School, convirtiéndose en la primera de su familia en graduarse de la escuela secundaria. Villarreal luego asistió a Brown Mackie College, donde estudió para ser asistente legal. Al decidir

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ntrepreneurAmanda Villarreal’s current job is a world away from her first job. Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Villarreal came with her family to the United States at age 5. The family was “very poor,” she said. “We came to the United States and got settled in California,” she said. “We lived in a trailer, and I was helping my parents to pick up grapes,” Villarreal said. Eventually, Villarreal’s family settled in the Kansas City area. She graduated from Olathe North High School, becoming the first in her family to graduate from high school.

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Mes de la Historia de la Mujer: Isabel Gutierrez By Tere Siqueira

Gutiérrez lucha por defender las Women’s History Month: Gutierrez necesidades de las familias fights to meet families’ needs ada marzo, para honrar el Mes de la Historia de

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la Mujer, Dos Mundos honra a las latinas cuyos logros han ayudado y/o inspirado a la comunidad. Una de las ocho homenajeadas de este año es Isabel Gutiérrez, quien ha dedicado su vida a defender a los niños y las familias hispanas. Gutiérrez trabaja en la educación de los niños y brinda referencias a las familias sobre recursos para las necesidades de sus familias. Parte de su trabajo incluye la colaboración con el Distrito Escolar en el Programa Migrante, un programa que asegura que los

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ach March, to honor Women’s History Month, Dos Mundos E honors Latinas whose accomplishments have helped and/or inspired the community. One of this year’s eight honorees is Isabel

Gutierrez, who has dedicated her life to advocating for Hispanic children and families. Gutierrez works in early childhood education and provides families referrals to resources to meet their families’ needs. Some of her work includes collaborating with the School District on The Migrant Program, a program that ensures students and parents have the supplies to support their children to graduate; and her work with KidsTLC, where she leads a Spanish-speaking parenting class. Gutierrez’s work with families to ensure they get equal opportunities to succeed academically and otherwise stems in part from her own experiences in education.

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Villarreal then attended Brown Mackie College, where she studied to be a paralegal. Deciding to go into management, she earned a bachelor’s degree in management at Friends University and an MBA at Baker University. “I saw a big opportunity and I decided to do more,” Villarreal said. After working in the corporate world, Villarreal started her company, PLEX Capital, in 2019. The company provides “the cash flow based on the receivables of … work completed,” she said. Villarreal, a single mother of two boys and the owner of a dog, takes pride in being Latina. “There is a sense of being original,” she said. “I work in a world that is

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