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Whether big or small, resolutions come in all sizes

Whether big or small, resolutions come in all sizes. Here are a few of the resolutions from notable Latinos in Arizona.

In 1997, Lisa Urias, President of Urias Communication and co-founder of the Arizona Latino Research Enterprise, has had a whirlwind year. Travel. Conferences. Town Halls. For 2007, Urias has made two simple resolutions: She wants to strive for "more balance in my life and to read and write more."

Virginia Cárdenas, chair of the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the intervention assistant for the Chandler Unified School District at Chandler High School, has a resolution of love for her family. "The resolution I have made is to write the little love letters that are always in my head to my husband and, not only to my sons, but also to my siblings. ¡Voy a mandar esas cartas, cariñosamente!"

For Marco Santiago, owner of Volaire Films and a Sundance Writers Lab Finalist, resolutions are divided into two areas: work and family. "Professionally, my New Year's resolution is to write another feature script, to shoot at least two more short films, to go into pre-production on my 86 feature film." Does that leave time for anything else? Santiago believes so. "Personally, I want to continue to grow as a human alongside my wife, and to just do a better job of being a good person."

Author Stella Pope Duarte, who wrote Let Their Spirits Dance, is seeking a transformation: "For the New Year, I resolve to be a rosebud. My mother's name was Rosa, and she was a No. 1 gardener. She taught me that if you care for the buds, pretty soon, the blooms will appear, splendidly, all on their own. The moral: There's treasure in small, hidden things if we have the patience to wait."