Sandra Beggs is a Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist, a Licensed Mental Health Therapist (LMHC), and an EMDR therapist, located in Miami, Florida at Miami Counseling and Resource Center. She tells us the benefits of dancing as a form of therapy. #NewOrleans #MetropoLatin #Videoproductionsneworleans

FAERIE IN THE SWAMP

A tapas bar in New Orleans. #Videoproductionsneworleans, #NewOrleansfood, #MetropoLatin, #BarcelonaTapas

¿Que es el Mardi Gras? #metropoLatin, #mardigras, #Videoproductionsneworleans

We talked with German Dulanto, founder of Augmented Intelligence Academy. #MetropoLatin, #AumentedInteligenceAcademy #Videoproductionsneworleans

I’m Orlando Vega, the owner of Congreso Cubano. Yo soy Charlie Miller, el copropietario y chef de Congreso Cubano. Congreso Cubano is a company dedicated to make and export the Cuban food and also the traditional Latin, Spanish, Caribbean, and Miami food. Nos enfocamos en servir comida cubana y diferentes comidas caribeñas de los alrededores. I didn’t move to make food or to cook or anything, but as soon as I got here I noticed the shared history New Orleans has with Cuba, Sp

Awakenings Pole & Aerial Fitness #MetropoLatin #PoleFitness #NewOrleans #Videoproductionsneworleans #awakeningnola

Cia Blackstock, Directora de Programas de Electric Girls. Electric Girls es un excelente programa en donde le enseñamos a las niñas a tener más confianza y aprender ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas. Durante el programa de Electric Girls, las niñas vienen y desarrollan su confianza y conocimiento en STEM, reciben instrucciones para trabajar juntas y completar un proyecto dirigido por ellas mismas, y al final del programa presentan su proyecto después de trabajar e

Traditionally, the Louisiana territory is divided into 2: the grasslands of the north and the alluvial of the south. The highlands of the state consist of grasslands and forests, being Mount Driskill the highest point in Louisiana with 535 feet over the sea level, and it’s in Bienville Parish, in the town of Bryceland. The alluvial include swamps, coastal marshes, beaches, and islands that also work as natural barriers from hurricanes. You can find these throughout the Missis

I am Jose Fermin Ceballos from the Dominican Republic and a professional musician. The type of music that I am or that I make is fusion. I like to mix rhythms from different places because I understand that music and cultures are wide, so if you grab a little of each thing and each rhythm is very important to have other elements in the music; but as a Caribbean musician, I have a merengue, bachata, salsa base and always adding a little of everything. The music is a great vehi

Nosotros somos el Society of Sin Burlesque and Variety, Yo soy Xena Zeitgeist, Ariana Amour, Expecta Patrone, Lune Noir. Nuestro espectáculo semanal es todos los sábados y es en Dragon’s Den, se llama Talk Nerdy To Me, es una revista ‘nerdlesque’ los sábados a las 7 de la noche. También está Stripped Into Submission el cual se lleva a cabo cada tercer domingo del mes en el Hi-Ho Lounge. Al mismo tiempo tenemos el espectáculo de A Midsummer Night’s Wet Dream el cual será una l

We are the Society of Sin Burlesque and Variety, I am Xena Zeitgeist, Ariana Amour, Expecta Patrone, Lune Noir. The Society of Sin is a Burlesque and variety troop, we incorporate drag, circus, arts, singing, and dance into the act of Burlesque. Burlesque offers a lot of freedom that I really enjoy. I feel that you can everything with the art of Burlesque and it means a lot to many people. Something that is very important for me is to have a diverse cast, and LGBT inclusive s

Hello, my name is Cristina Sanchez and I’ve been the Director of Admissions and Enrollment at the Lycee Francais of New Orleans since July 2015. One of the reasons why I was hired and it also was part of the job description, was the ability to translate and be able to communicate with the Latino families in the area. The fact that French is so much like Spanish since both of them come from Latin and Romance languages. So the child that already speaks Spanish at home, finds it

Cannes Brule was the name the French from New Orleans named the city of Kenner after they saw the Native Americans burn the sugar cane fields to scare away wild animals. William Kenner was from Virginia, of Scottish and Irish parents, and his 4 sons bought land in what now is Kenner and built their plantations. Philip Minor Kenner, William Butler Kenner, George Rappele Kenner, and Duncan Farrar Kenner bought the Oakland, Belle Grove, and Pasture Plantations. The city was foun

On May 17th we will have the opening of an exhibition where we collaborated for almost a year. It’s called Impressions by New Perspectives with the Isidore Newman School of New Orleans, The Mexican Cultural Institute, and the Hispanic Heritage Foundations. The first phase of the program we created was an exhibition at the school's gallery in October of last year and we brought to the school 5 Latin-American artists. 2 Mexicans, 1 Colombian artist and 2 Cubans, and the five of

Hi, how’s it going? My name is Alba Huddleston and I’m an Industrial Engineer. The Fab Lab is an initiative by Chevron of advanced manufacturing laboratories that started opening inside Community Colleges 2 to 3 years ago, with the idea of having manufacture, building, and trade knowledge to small communities. Focusing on people and students, so that instead of going to a 4-year college, they can focus on trade, like carpentry, plumbing, but now using new technology. Fab Lab

The New Orleans Greenway is a 2.4 lineal park with trails for walking, riding bikes, and other commodities.

My name is Maria Elena Bonilla and I’m the owner of Helena Salon and Spa, located in Metairie. I’ve been doing hair for 9 years and I love it. I think it’s one of the gifts God has given me because I can transport myself when I’m working on a client’s hair and show the art since it’s a very creative job. I do a lot of haircuts and color corrections. The reason why I do so many haircuts and color correction is because people come to my salon is when they want a complete makeov

We found the group of dancers one rainy Saturday, they were inside the Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop on Bourbon Street. There, we spoke with Nicole Goldin, who told us about the organization behind the Flash Mob. Dile Que NOLA is a Louisiana non-profit corporation and is a community organization dedicated to the dissemination and preservation of Cuban culture in New Orleans. Its mission is to use dance, art, workshops, and educational activities to increase awareness of the Cultu

THE NEW ORLEANS MINI MAKER FAIRE The Maker Faire is a worldwide organization where STEM is celebrated. The Maker Faire events, like the Mini Maker Faire, is a celebration of people that loves to build things. It’s a celebration of people that loves to do things with their hands. It’s a celebration of innovation, invention, technology and also crafts. And like Maker Recruiter, Alba Huddleston says “If you like to do things with your hands, you are a maker.” At the fair you’ll