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Francisco Ávila (01/04/1926-02/05/1994) was born and raised in his native city of Trujillo, Colon, Honduras to Tomás Avila Caballero, a native of Roatan and a Merchant Marine and Juana Mena Garcia, an entrepreneurial businesswoman, who owns a farm where she raise cattle, and farmed food for her consumption and resale, where he met and lived and met his lifelong sweetheart Felipa Lopez. Francisco attended elementary school in Trujillo, but at...

In loving memory of our cherished mother, Felipa López Ávila, we gathered October 14 -28, 2023 to commemorate her life and honor her memory. Felipa was born on August 23, 1928, in Trujillo, Colon, Honduras, to her parents, Blanca Rosa Meza Green and Eleuterio Lopez Lopez, both of whom have since departed this world. Felipa López Ávila's journey through life was marked by love, resilience, and unwavering dedication to her family. She was a nat...

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David Morales know how hard you have to work to get ahead because at a young age I quickly realized how stacked the deck is against regular people. At 16, I started doing farm labor to help support my family. In high school I took college courses at night, graduated from college at 19, and got my Masters in Public Policy from Brown University at age 20. For many this would be the "American Dream, " but I still struggle to pay my bills, much le...

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Black and Latino Public Servants history and contributions deserve to be highlighted, and celebrated. They are phenomenal servants in state and municipal institutions. The media, overall, overlooks public servants of color. Finding it to tear them down when they experience missteps in their careers and the lack of directory of such Public Servants across the state. This is the beginning of what I envisioned to be a series of historical documen...

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A dark, playful novel based on the author's memories of growing up on the remote island of Annobon, part of Equatorial Guinea. Lyrical and moving, it will appeal to fans of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Chinua Achebe.

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On Mount Gurugu, overlooking the Spanish enclave of Melilla on the North African coast, desperate migrants gather before attempting to scale the city's walls and gain asylum on European soil. Inspired by first-hand accounts, Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel has written an urgent novel, by turns funny and sad, bringing a distinctly African perspective to a major issue of our time.