Latina View

Her name is Elizabeth Artemis Arrow. She was born November 6 and she’s alive and well. To the many of you who prayed for my baby daughter and emailed me your well wishes: Thank you. They sustained me.

In 1996, the first issue of Latina magazine hit newsstands featuring a then-little-known Jennifer Lopez on the cover.

Fifteen years later, Jennifer Lopez is not only a global superstar, she is also one of the biggest, most bankable brands in show business, with accomplishments that range from being the first woman to have both a film and an album at number one in the same week, to being crowned the "World's Most Beautiful Woman."

When President Obama takes to the podium next week and delivers his annual State of the Union address, he will be trying to rally a country that, politically, needs Latinos more than ever before.

According to an analysis of 2010 U.S. Census data conducted earlier this month by the Pew Hispanic Center, a record 20.1 million of the 48.4 million Hispanics in this country are now eligible to vote. And our numbers are growing faster in the states (such as Florida and Nevada) that, based on the Census, will be getting additional seats in Congress.

Yes, it’s our own Quince Años and we want to know about the first time you saw Latina!

Where did you see the magazine? What did you think? How did it make you feel seeing a magazine that spoke to you? We want to know!