Verónica Isabel Dahlberg, a long-time advocate in the Hispanic community, is a writer, and editor of The HOLA Journal/El Periódico HOLA. She also handles the day-to-day tasks for HOLA, including fundraising through advertising sales. She is of Mexican-Hungarian descent.

email: veronica@holatoday.org

Gladys E. Figueroa, is a Victim Advocate for the Lake County Prosecuting Attorney’s Victim Assistance Program. She writes “Dear Gladys,” a regular column for The HOLA Journal/El Periódico HOLA. She serves on several HOLA committees, and represents HOLA at community meetings. She is Puerto-Rican.

email: gladys@holatoday.org

Marisol Colon, who is Puerto Rican, is widely recognized for doing outreach in Painesville’s Hispanic community for many years. In addition to teaching childbirth education classes, she works full-time for Lake County Children’s Services.

email: marisol@holatoday.org

Linda Silakoski, Esq., writes a regular column for The HOLA Journal/El Periódico HOLA on immigration matters. She has an active law office in Painesville, specializing in immigration law cases. She also serves as legal advisor for HOLA.

email: linda@holatoday.org

Virginia Alemán Hoose, assists HOLA with several regular projects, and works full-time as the Director for Migrant Education for Painesville City Schools. She is Mexican-American.

email: virginia@holatoday.org

Debbie Sistek, is the HOLA Treasurer and an assistant to The HOLA Journal. She owns her own business in Geneva, Ohio, and is active in the business community.

email: debbie@holatoday.org

Alex Rivera Photography

Alejandro Rivera is a professional photographer with a studio in Cleveland, Ohio. He has taken many of the outstanding photos within The HOLA Journal pages. Learn more about Alex here