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On September 7th, 2018, Harold Coates of Saginaw, MI passed away. He was a husband, father, mechanic, good Christian, small business owner, ...

Time for a new hashtag. This past weekend I turned forty. It was at a doctor appointment around this time last year that my doctor said I n...

It was an interesting week in news, so interesting that I had to write a blog about it. Also, no I won't end this blog saying I will blo...

I was reflecting, on how great of a mom I have, and how great D is as a mom, and how blessed I am to have such a great relationship with Tam...

I get asked a lot, what my days look like since I am so busy. I hate the term "busy", I prefer efficient. I think busy sounds like...

So tonight is the night, "In The Heights" opens at the South Bend Civic Theatre tonight at 7:30PM. It is my stage debut... I can...

It’s been a year since my interview with Anderson Cooper. As usual 80% of what you tell a journalist doesn’t make the news… so I wanted ...

So in this blog I will describe how I changed my diet to get this done. Road Trip breaks... healthy snacks.  Like I mentioned in the o...

Follow up to my blog " Why I Did It " is the details on HOW, the Workouts Edition. Well first off, it wasn't easy, it took t...

So the cat is out the bag, I lost some weight. I didn't think it would be such a dramatic transformation, I didn't think people wo...

I do a lot of advocacy work, basically ask me to speak, name the topic, and I am there for you. In our community I have spoke to youth group...

I was reminded recently on the power of a sincere thank you. A local reporter who I worked with on a lot of stories with asked to get a beer...

I have made this the past few years... slowly getting better and better, and this summer I was in Bolivia and my Tia Lilia showed me some of...

Coates Cousins in Saginaw On September 28th, 2017 my grandma Millie, Mildred Coates, left this earth. I had gone up a couple weeks befor...

Why Vote for Taqueria Chicago for Taco Wars?   LINK Vote. Vote Again.  So Taqueria Chicago is in Visit South Bend 's Taco...

I have jumped head first into the fight for Immigration Reform. If you have followed my journey while working at La Casa de Amistad you can ...

So each time a friend posts a Hacienda "Give Back" night coupon on Facebook and asks for friends to support their child's ...

Click to Join Our  Campaign I get this a lot, "I want to help"... and I give a couple suggestions, some people follow up. So I...

As we wrap up the year I get reflective, and one of my goals for next year is to celebrate milestones better. So I was looking at the La Cas...

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