COMPOSER SABRINA PENA YOUNG | MUSIC TECHNOLOGY | FILM | CLASSICAL | OPERA

9 Myths about Latinos After some of the interesting rhetoric in the news, and just based on some interesting life experiences, I thought I would help dispel 9 Myths About Latinos. Myth 1. All Latina women work as housekeepers. Almost every movie that makes it to the big screen designates the housekeeper role to a chunky Latina woman named Rosa. I do not have to look any further than my immediate family to find women who had successful careers, even before they came to the United States.  My abuela was a successful opera singer in Cuba before Castro came to power. Soon after, she became a teacher. My aunt, who came here in the 1960s earned her master's degree and successfully headed a social services department of DCF in Dade County before retiring. My sister is a successful piano teacher, my sister-in-law is an engineer, and I am a composer and writer. My friends and their mothers have careers in everything from education to real estate to law. Myth 2. All Latinos look a...