About the Author

Maria Eugenia Alcón

  • Bio:

    Maria Eugenia Alcon, Deputy Editor: Storyteller for more than 14 years in television news who wants to lead the conversation on the crucial role of Latinos in the United States. Maria Eugenia began her career as a producer for CBS Telenoticias in 1997 and a year later left to work for NBC News. Her last position was as an Emmy Award-winning producer for Nightly News with Brian Williams where she covered many of the last decade’s important stories, including the dramatic saga of the Chilean miners and the Haiti Earthquake tragedy. Maria Eugenia also spent six years as a field producer traveling across the United States and Latin America for the NBC News Atlanta Bureau. She was born in Colombia and raised in Spain, before moving to New York City at age 11. Proud New York University graduate.

  • Website: http://eugeniaalcon.wordpress.com
  • Twitter: @nbcnewsalcon

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Is there a cultural divide when it comes to Latino families and sleepovers? (Getty Images)

Is there a cultural divide when it comes to sleepovers?

By Claudia Deschamps

I’m sure you remember them – the names of childhood friends you grew up with. Not necessarily the children who went to school with you, but the names of the … Read More

Kern County's Sheriff said in a press conference David Sal Silva's death was accidental.

Sheriff: Beaten Bakersfield man’s death accidental

By Associated Press

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said the death of a Bakersfield man beaten by deputies was due to the man's heart disease, not … Read More

House Judiciary Committee members Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, right, and Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev. talk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, during the committee's hearing on immigration reform. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh))

House immigration group solves dispute

By Erica Werner, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House members writing a bipartisan immigration bill said Thursday they had patched over a dispute that threatened their efforts, even as they … Read More

Sofia with her piano teacher.

Mami real talk: Finding the right teachers to guide your children is key

By Trina M. Fresco

I found a place for private lessons in a turn-of-the-century mansion.  Sofia was three years old at the time, and so excited.  We showed up, violin in hand, … Read More

This is one of the photograph's from Carlos Ortiz's "Too Young to Die" project.

A photographer’s mission: Documenting the trauma of Chicago’s street violence

By Megan Wheeler, NBC News

Carlos Ortiz, 37, wants everyone to see what he sees happening in the streets of Chicago. Ortiz has been documenting the gun violence in his hometown for the … Read More

Circle de Luz helps young Latinas get intensive mentoring and scholarship funds to get to college.

Organization makes college dreams for young Latinas a reality

By Erika L. Sánchez

For Rosie Molinary, growing up Puerto Rican in Columbia, South Carolina was challenging. She says that during this time, there weren't many Latinos around. … Read More

Learning-Spanish

Opinion: Our hang-ups with official languages

By Esther J. Cepeda

CHICAGO -- I'm into "Missing una investigacion," the latest book by Chilean novelist Alberto Fuguet. I'm reading it in Spanish since I have to consciously … Read More

File photo fo Katherine Archuleta in 1984.

Obama nominates Latina to lead federal personnel agency

By Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he will nominate Katherine Archuleta, a former top campaign aide, as director of the Office of Personnel … Read More

A company that offered tourist treks to the Bronx "ghetto" has shut down under scathing criticism from neighborhood leaders offended by the tours that took mostly European and Australian tourists past food-pantry lines and "pickpocket" park. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Bronx ‘ghetto’ tours stop amid residents’ outrage

By Verena Dobnik, Associated Press

NEW YORK—A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under fire from an outraged … Read More

Some doctors argue too many children are being diagnosed with ADHD.

ADHD: How many children are misdiagnosed?

By Monica Olivera

A year ago, psychiatrist Leon Eisenberg, considered to be the “scientific father of ADHD,” was quoted in a last interview before his death as saying that … Read More