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A leap of faith and a truck earns a man a business in Kingsport

Holly Blair

Taking risks is hard and scary sometimes, but it is necessary to fulfill dreams and live up to your own expectations, explains Carlos Hernandez, owner of La Abejita, a Mexican grocery store on Stone Drive in Kingsport.

Bilingual kids help Mom and Dad communicate

Brianna Murphy

Cynthia Chavez goes to school, goes to work, then comes home and starts her second job as translator. Her two clients are Jesus and Elisa Chavez, her parents.

Club Latinoamericano members build new bridges

Haylee Bragg

Covered-dish dinners, salsa dancing, and picnics outside on a sunny day provide more than just a good time for the local Hispanic community.

Higher gas prices raise awareness

Mimmi Tornberg

Gary Payne is someone who took his bike out when he noticed gas prices were moving upwards. It’s not that he hadn’t used his bike before. He rediscovered it and hopes that he will stick to his new lifestyle even though gas prices have gone down.

Interpreters in demand at clinics, offices

Jaime Stanford

Imagine you are in a country where they speak a language that you do not understand. Now imagine trying to find help in a busy hospital or clinic without having an effective means to communicate.

Kingsport ESL program helping students excel

Emily Elliott

The Kingsport City Schools ESL program is helping students excel not only in English, but in every aspect of their school life, too.

Kingsport Hispanic population small, but growing

Brianna Murphy

As American culture becomes more diverse, people of Central or South American heritage have become a noticeable presence in Northeast Tennessee. 

Skype me! The world keeps shrinking

Mimmi Tornberg

The time when one could feel the distance when calling somewhere far, far away is far, far gone. With Skype, a voice-over-Internet software, you not only get an instant answer but an instant movie image as well.

The family business of cooking

April Young

When Karen Nava Stafford was 10 or 12 years old in Mexico City, she would watch her mother cooking in the kitchen and help her. She would visit her grandfather’s bakery, where he would get up at 4 a.m. to make the dough.

40 Dobyns-Bennett students rank high in national Spanish exams

Holly Blair

Dobyns-Bennett High School students have been excelling on the National Spanish Examination and aim to continue the tradition. Awards were granted to 40 students from the high school for the exam in 2008, acknowledging their excellence in academic achievement for learning Spanish as a second language.

Eastman dances to a healthier beat

Jaime Stanford

Eastman Chemical Co. is spicing up its group fitness program with Latin dance classes for employees.

Hispanic population has grown in three waves

Meredith Mitchell

Dr. Loida Velazquez of Knoxville, a long-time member of the East Tennessee Hispanic community, has been an observer as well as a participant in trends concerning Hispanics.

H-2A makes farming a little easier

Elizabeth Trexler

On a Friday afternoon in Jonesborough, Tenn., the sun is beating down, and five men load tobacco that has been cut and speared on a tractor to take the barn. They have worked a short day, it is pay day. But they are not done yet. They still have to hang the tobacco.

Many enjoy the taste of Mexican Coke

Jonathan DeBerry

Mexican Coca-Cola is enjoying new and increased popularity these days. Mexican food markets often sell out of the stuff before their next shipment arrives.

Kingsport boy attends school in two countries

Brianna Murphy

After a full day of school, sports, homework and family, 9-year-old Nicolas Knutzen of Kingsport goes back to school, this time in Argentina.