Chic and trendy, Popular Hispanics® brings you the latest lifestyle news with a focus on fashion, travel, fitness, arts, celebrity sightings, community news,  food and drink, all spiced with an Hispanic twist.  

Founder Milton E Torres was born in Puerto Rico but grew up in upstate New York.  Deeply rooted to his Hispanic heritage, Torres was drawn to spend time traveling and exploring his roots in Puerto Rico--a move which helped reconnect him to his culture.  He now resides in Austin with his family where he enjoys cooking Puerto Rican cuisine.  He created Popular Hispanics® to celebrate Hispanics and their contribution to the community and world.

Ramona Flume

Contributing Writer Ramona Flume is a fifth-generation Texan and journalism student at the University of Texas at Austin. She has had a long-standing love affair with Latin America since first visiting Mexico as a child. She spent last summer traveling throughout Colombia, Peru and Bolivia for a traveling journalism fellowship and plans on returning to South America as soon as she graduates this spring. In between classes, writing for Popular Hispanics and editing the UT magazine, burntOrange, she enjoys collecting books and documenting sporadic adventures with her camera.

Anita Benner 

Contributing Writer, trilingual singer, songwriter & music design consultant, Anita has had original songs featured on various television shows on MTV, MTV Tr3s and E!, and has opened for an array of Grammy Award-winning artists. In 2009 she turned up the heat across the Middle East on a Tour for the Troops and was welcomed home with a Best Band nomination by Univision. When she’s not writing and recording her own music, Anita designs music programs for an international portfolio of clients ranging in industry from hospitality to retail.  She also consults clients on the value of marketing to Hispanics while creating emotional branding strategies that connect with this growing community.

 Susie Albin-Najera

Contributing Writer Susie Albin-Najera is a public relations, social marketing and media professional with a specialty in the Hispanic market. She is also a freelance writer and editor for several travel, leisure and lifestyle magazines such as Beverly Hills Lifestyle, San Diego Magazine, Latino Future, Latin Star, Latin Style, Baja Traveler, Baja Breeze and more. Currently, she is freelancing for Mexico Living Magazine and a contributing writer for LatinoLA.com, as well as the creator and editor of The MEXICO Report, promoting all things Mexico www.themexicoreport.com.

Barbara Trujillo Gómez

Contributing Writer, TV personality and author “…Barbara Por Atras” A Latin Woman’s Guide to Fitness

Barbara Trujillo Gómez is the author of “…Barbara por Atras” A Latin Woman’s Guide to Fitness, a breakthrough book on health and fitness for Latinas. In it, she shares her 20-year experience in fitness, food, and self-acceptance.  She is certified by the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America and YogaFit. As a health physical educator and Spanish teacher at Marlboro Montessori Academy in New Jersey, Barbara engages children in the importance of starting a healthy lifestyle at a young age. Barbara is an active volunteer with The American Heart Association. She is currently working on an ambush reality TV series and promotes fitness and self-acceptance for Latinas through media appearances and on her blog BarbaraPorAtras.com