Welcome!

I have always wanted to create a central place for Latinos on Staten Island. And unless you subscribe to the Staten Island Advance, it’s very challenging to find news and event information on our community.

Staten Island Latino.com is a step in that direction.

Who am I?
My name is Linda Nieves-Powell and I have lived on Staten Island since 1976. My parents moved to a large colonial house, one of the larger homes, on Townsend Avenue and lived there until the house was sold it in 1995. The block looks incredibly different now. Most of the original houses have been demolished and those homes have now been replaced by several row of townhouses. The original historic beauty is long gone. It’s sad to see that happen so often on Staten Island.

I went to grammar school at St. Mary’s in Rosebank and from there went on to Curtis High School. In my twenties I moved to the city to try out city living, but found out soon enough that I hated it. There is something about leaving the city behind and coming home to the quiet of Staten Island. So I always came back home. I am now married, with a son and we live in New Springville. I love it here! Everything is around me. Schools, shopping, movies, etc.

Why Staten Island Latino.com?
Well, I’m a writer, director and producer, and all of my work is performed outside of Staten Island. I had one show at the Muddy Cup in 2004 and to my surprise, we had a great crowd. However, finding the Latino audience in Staten Island is like looking for Waldo. Latinos on Staten Island are everywhere. There isn’t one central neighborhood where you can post ads or flyers. This is why I created this site. In order to create a place that our community would be able to find information and events geared to them.

Is this strictly for Latinos only?
Absolutely not. My intention is to produce events that bring the Island together. I think that it’s so important to do that, since what you hear often is, Staten Island is a funny place. The funny being that we have no neighborhoods. We get in our cars and drive to the mall or the new Target but we don’t socialize with each other. Is it lack of performance venues or just laziness? I don’t know.

What I’d like from you?
I would love anyone who wants to help me with this site, to contact me. I run a entertainment production company and am writing my second novel, so I could really use a group of volunteers to report on upcoming events and news that affects our community.