December 2, 2013
Appeared in Brownsville Herarld and Valley Morning Star on December , 2013 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett Elvia* nervously steps on the scale and hands me the folded card she pulls from her pocket. As I write the weight onto the card, her…
October 28, 2013
Appeared in Brownsville Herarld and Valley Morning Star on October 27, 2013 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett I have always loved older houses—the character, the hardwood floors, the wide front porch which was the center of family and community life in pre-air-conditioning…
October 14, 2013
Appeared in Brownsville Herarld and Valley Morning Star on October 13, 2013 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett Our kids spend most of their day at school, many of them eat two meals there, leaving home when it’s still dark and returning in the…
September 30, 2013
Appeared in Brownsville Herarld and Valley Morning Star on September 29, 2013 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett Six years ago when then 71 year old Ann Buchanan went to a routine appointment with her doctor Yanira Martinez, she told her in no uncertain…
August 19, 2013
Appeared in Brownsville Herarld and Valley Morning Star on August 18, 2013 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett I belong to the “Sandwich Generation”. Not that I like to eat sandwiches, rather the term was coined to define a generation of adults who care…
July 1, 2013
Appeared in Brownsville Herarld and Valley Morning Star on June 30, 2013 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett Victor Blanco had big dreams as a kid. Although he comes from a humble background, raised in San Benito, he worked hard from a young…
June 25, 2013
Appeared in Brownsville Herarld and Valley Morning Star on June 23, 2013 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett When I’m at work I spend my time involved with others in research and programs that strive to reduce the high rates of obesity and…
May 28, 2013
Appeared in Brownsville Herarld and Valley Morning Star on May 26 31, 2013 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett I nag at my teenage sons to get off the computer, yet I am the one with the problem. It is a subtle ailment,…