Keeping the Promise: Prevention First for a Healthy Latino Community Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute - White House
For popular Chef LaLa — who appears on different English and Spanish television shows to promote Latino food — Expo Comida Latina also proves that Latino food, from its roots, is very healthy.
The Early Academic Outreach Program at UC Santa Barbara is hosting its summer Education, Leadership, Careers Conference on Thursday, June 30, 2011 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at UC Santa Barbara. Chef LaLa will keynote the opening session at 9:35 AM.
Dino Thompson-Sarmiento of FENUXE Magazine recently chatted with Chef LaLa about staying healthy and fit.
Chef LaLa teams with the National Peanut Board to bring you the Skinny On Nuts, a national campaign to educate people on the healthful benefits of peanuts and peanut products.
Para Los Niños is a beacon of hope in impoverish neighborhoods in Southern California. With a loval and national reputation for award-winning excellence, Para Los Niños provides the highest quality care and education for children, youth and families living in poverty.
Chef LaLa volunteers her time and teaches pregnant women the importance of healthy choices through Project Amiga.
LaLa is on the Jr. board of LA’s BEST Friends where she is working closely with developing a “healthy snacks” incentives with the after school program. LaLa is also a Jr. Board Member.
Chef LaLa helps educate about Heart Disease. Most recently she appeared on KTLA Channel 5 teaching the community about healty eating.Internationally known Chef LaLa is featured on the Winter 2011 cover and, inside the magazine, healthy eating and exercise advice — and the recipes.
Read More“You’d better be hungry when Laura Diaz, better known as Chef LaLa, is in the kitchen. …this petite Latina from east Los Angeles doesn’t do small.”
Read MoreChef LaLa joined First Lady Maria Shriver in Watts California for the California School Garden Network
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Consejos para Preparar Nutrivos AlmuerzosLa Chef LaLa comparte sus secretos para preparar deliciosos y saludables almuerzos escolares quie tus hijos adorarán.
On Tuesday, November 3, 2009, Chef Lala will be a panelist in Step Up’s View from the Top: A Professional Development Panel at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.Chef Lala will be performing live demos on stage at the 2009 Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo, August 30th - September 1st in San Diego, CA.
Chef LaLa wins the 2009 National Hispanic Woman of the Year Award!Chef Lala was honored to write the foreword to Diabetes? No Problema! A Latino’s Guide to Living Well with Diabetes by Da Capo Press.
[This book] is the ultimate guide to diabetes management and prevention for everyone with a Latino/Hispanic heritage, regardless of your unique ethnic background. The foreword is written by Latina diabetes activist and celebrity, Chef LaLa, known for her delicious and healthy Latino recipes and cookbooks and for acting as a diabetes advocate within the Latino community.
Chef Lala will be performing live demos on stage at the 2009 Expo Comida Latina & All Asia Food, June 16th -18th, in Chilcago, IL.
With a name like “Chef LaLa” and a cookbook called Latin Lover Lite, Laura Diaz highlights her funky — and easily marketable — side. But after a Cinco de Mayo cooking demonstration, I found more to admire about the woman.
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May 16th, 2009 from 8am to 5pm Chef LaLa will participate on the host committee for the annual Power Women, Power Tools™ (PWPT) event. She’ll also cook lunch for the 300+ volunteers helping to frame houses for low income families in Los Angeles and participate in the building along with many of LA’s Power Women.Whether she’s teaching nutritious cooking at a Farmer’s Market or on a television show, Chef LaLa is on fire with her desire to share everything she has learned to make people’s lives healthier and happier–one meal at a time.
