Please join us in sending a very special FELICIDADES to our primo Abel Valenzuela Jr. who was just selected as the University of California Los Angeles’ newest Dean of Social Sciences! Your family could not be any more proud of all your achievements, primo! We…
I’m not sure if you heard this family story about Alicia Ceja de Guel (“Licha”)’s birth date, but I recently found this document that may be able to settle the chisme once and for all. Licha and her younger brother, Lupe, always celebrated the same…
This just in: Family Chisme! Did you hear that our cousin Dr. Monica Lares recently gained tenure as a Professor of Biology at Sonoma State University?! As the first in the family to earn her PhD, we are beyond proud of all of her accomplishments. …
Hear the story of La Familia Guel from Sunnyvale, CA, who was recently selected as “La Familia of the Year” by Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley for 2018-19
Silicon Valley, CA—Today, the Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley (HFSV) announced this year’s La Familia Award. The Guel family of Sunnyvale will be honored at the 29th Annual Hispanic Foundation Ball on Saturday, October 20 at the Fairmont Hotel San Jose. The Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley annually recognizes an inspirational…
What kind of honor is it to receive an award for being ‘unsung heroes’ anyway? Every generation in my family has stood up for our values in the face of a volatile political climate. History repeats itself for Latinos in the United States. But we…
Family Guel photo from 100 years ago As the Guel family continues to grow, migrate, and reconnect online, we are reminded of just how powerful the internet can be as a tool to bring us together over and over again, generation after generation. This website…