Miss Mexico, Jimena Navarrete, recently won the Miss Universe Pageant. A young woman from Oakland is now preparing to compete for the title of Miss California, which could lead to Miss USA and Miss Universe.

Ashley Stuteville, 19, is preparing her mind and body for the Miss California Beauty Pageant to be held November 19-21. “I am Miss Piedmont USA, but I am representing all of Oakland, which is where I was born,” she says.

“Trabajamos en comunidades que viven en extrema pobreza en Oakland y en comunidades rurales en El Salvador”, escribió Tulio Serrano, Director del Comité de Refugiados Centroamericanos (CRECE). “Nuestra organización lleva esperanza a aquéllos en situación de necesidad, proporcionando las necesidades inmediatas como alimentos, vestido y amistad. También hemos expandido nuestro trabajo con los jóvenes desarrollando programas positivos como una alternativa fuera de la vida callejera y las pandillas”.

“We work in communities of extreme poverty in Oakland and in rural communities in El Salvador,” writes Tulio Serrano, Director of the Central American Refugee Committee (CRECE). “Our organization brings hope to those in need by providing immediate needs such as food, clothing and friendship. We have created and expanded opportunities for children and youth. We have also expanded our work with youth by developing alternative positive venues to the streets and gangs.”

Los inmigrantes se encuentran más equitativamente distribuidos por todo el espectro de habilidades que lo que se ha reconocido ampliamente, de acuerdo con un análisis recientemente publicado por el Instituto de Políticas Migratorias (MPI, por sus siglas en inglés).
 
El informe demuestra que el crecimiento más rápido que se haya dado en empleos para inmigrantes desde el año 2000 ocurrió en trabajos que

Immigrants are more evenly distributed across the skills spectrum than has been widely recognized, according to an analysis just issued by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI).

The report demonstrates that the fastest growth in immigrant employment since 2000 has occurred in middle-skilled jobs -- jobs that require more than a high school but less than a four-year college degree and that typically pay a family-sustaining wage ($30,000 annually per worker).