Life and Times of...

Tonight I spoke to close the La Casa de Amistad Immigration Forum at Harrison Primary Center. I was inspired to give advice to advocates. ...

November 9th, 2016 I cleaned my desk, organized my office, sorted my office archives... Around me calls came in, people worried, staff...

I wore my sneakers this week. Everyday. Even on days I should of dressed up a little... Not sure why, I also cleaned my office. I di...

I have a pretty good imagination, I mean look at my online profiles, I love the Einstein quote about creativity being more important than kn...

This weekend was I think my 20th Tire Rack Street Survival school. I kinda lost count, but man I enjoy it, and for the past 6 plus years hav...

This has been on my mind a lot lately, and I made the comment on a few different threads and I think people get the term I have started usin...

This is my first LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) Convention and I was excited to go. In my work with La Casa de Amistad w...

One of our planning meetings at La Rosita People ask me how do I make my to do lists, and honestly, I don't. Each day is a blur of p...

Today was an early morning. It is a long drive to the border so we had to get a jump on it. Our plan was to fill some of the Humane Borders ...

Lois sharing her experience Monday we crossed the border. Tuesday the border crossed us. We started the morning with a meeting with s...

The Wall This morning we left at 6AM... we ate quick and headed down the highway across the Sonoran desert to Nogales Mexico. The cold c...

Airport Cactus Selfie I arrived in Tucson on Saturday with a group of from the University of Notre Dame. Most of the group is ND faculty...

I think 2015 was the year of lessons. My last blog was about what I learned from Novali joining the cross country team. I still reflect and ...

Go Eagles! This fall Novali had her first season of cross country. She always liked to run with me, I think mostly because the runs are ...

Well today it is two years... two years since I became a full time employee of La Casa de Amistad. I technically started in mid August par...

This week was hectic for the South Bend Centellas clan... both Cruz and Novali started new schools. Novali into High School and Cruz into a ...

Today D and I have been married for six years. We've been together for over ten years, so this milestone while fun it is one of many, an...

Broken window... Last week the Jetta window went off track... and I popped it back in and I thought it was fine. Well Sunday night late ...

Well today my morning routine was different... I went to work alone and it felt weird. September 2014 For the past 9 months part of my...

We always make comments about how big Mari has gotten, or how fast she is growing. Well on Wednesday morning Cruz made the comment when she ...