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Imelda Dutton

Imelda Dutton, a native of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, is a bilingual journalist with extensive expertise in Spanish communications. For more than two decades, she reported on Latin American issues for Mexican and American media, including El Universal de Mexico. She has also written for and edited Spanish and English publications, including Visión Latina, formerly a weekly publication of The Ledger and The New York Times, and Ágora, a bilingual quarterly military magazine published by U.S. Northern Command. For the past decade she has been a strategic communications consultant for international companies, such as Booz Allen Hamilton and Jacobs Technology; and in 2014, she founded CrossoverComm Inc., her own content development and communications agency. Dutton is currently the Tampa Bay area correspondent for El Sentinel newspaper and enjoys looking for ways to promote diversity and cultural awareness among Americans.
 

Imelda Dutton's Latest Articles

Maestra dedica su vida a inspirar niños y adultos en Wimauma

Maestra jubilada Margaret Claritt todavía vive, enseña y es voluntaria en Wimauma porque esa comunidad rural en el sur del Condado de Hillsborough sigue enfrentando grandes desafíos y para encontrar respuestas se requiere dedicación y perseverancia personal.

Teacher devotes her life to inspiring kids, adults in Wimauma

Retired teacher Margaret Claritt still lives, teaches and volunteers in Wimauma because the rural community in south Hillsborough County continues to face so many challenges that are best addressed with personal dedication and perseverance.

Reyna Barragan eats and feeds her family healthy food options.
Free cooking classes help Wimauma residents shop, eat, live better

In Wimauma, the Hispanic Services Council offers cooking classes that can improve nutrition and encourage better eating habits. The goal is to fight obesity and prevent diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure.

Imparten clases de cocina para mejorar la nutrición de habitantes de Wimauma

Con educación nutricional y clases de cocina, Hispanic Service Council busca romper esquemas alimenticios para que las familias de Wimauma coman rico y sano y para combatir la obesidad y la diabetes.

Madga Setzer, nurse at La Esperanza health clinic in Wimauma, assesses health needs.
La Esperanza organizes free health fair for Wimauma residents

La Esperanza health clinic will offer free health exams for Wimauma residents at its health fair this Saturday, Nov. 5th.

Madga Setzer, nurse at La Esperanza health clinic in Wimauma, assesses health needs.
La Esperanza organiza feria de salud gratis para residentes de Wimauma

La Clínica la Esperanza ofrecerá exámenes de salud gratis para los residentes de Wimauma en su feria de salud este sábado, 5 de noviembre de 10 de la mañana a 2 de la tarde.

RCMA abre nuevo centro de cuidados infantiles en Dover

Trabajadores agrícolas migrantes en Dover tienen acceso a un nuevo centro de cuidado infantil construido por la asociación Redlands Christian Migrant Association.

RCMA opens new child-care center in Dover in east Hillsborough County

Migrant farmworkers in Dover have access to a new childcare center built by the Redlands Christian Migrant Association.

Alejandra Ceja, Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics speaks at the event held at H.C.C. in Ruskin.
Familias migrantes hablan sobre retos en escuelas

Una iniciativa nacional de la Casa Blanca llega al Condado de Hillsborough para escuchar sobre los retos que los padres migrantes enfrentan al tratar de involucrarse en la educación de sus hijos.  

Delia Garcia, senior liaison, National Education Association, speaks at the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics event at H.C.C. in Ruskin.
Migrant families face familiar hardships in schools

A national White House initiative arrives in Hillsborough County to learn more about the special challenges migrant families face in trying to access education for their children.

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