{"id":312042,"date":"2026-08-02T19:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T19:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312042\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T19:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T19:09:12","slug":"tiempo-with-joe-torres-afterschool-program-inspiring-young-latinas-deceptive-insurance-scams-target-latino-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312042\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiempo with Joe Torres: Afterschool program inspiring young Latinas, deceptive insurance scams target Latino community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">NEW YORK CITY  (WABC) &#8212; On this episode of &#8220;Tiempo,&#8221; we are featuring Wonder Girls USA, an afterschool program that provides young Latinas with a blueprint to shatter glass ceilings and own their future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The nonprofit helps young women develop confidence, leadership skills and the necessary business skills to succeed in their education or career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">We are also discussing how to prevent insurance fraud in the Latino community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Fraudsters target Spanish-speaking communities by exploiting language barriers, system complexities and financial stress. Scammers utilize tactics such as fake auto insurance, ghost brokers and aggressive debt relief scams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The New York Alliance Against Insurance Fraud wants to educate the public on how to spot scams.<\/p>\n<p>Tiempo with Joe Torres airs Sunday at 11:30 a.m. on Channel 7, WABC-TV in New York City.SUBSCRIBE TO THE TIEMPO PODCAST<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Discover more podcasts from abc7NY here<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">WATCH <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tiempo on our Connected TV apps for Fire, Roku, Apple TV and Android TV.  Click here to learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">MORE: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/tiempo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch more episodes of Tiempo here!<\/a><br class=\" \"\/>Tiempo airs Sunday at 11:30 a.m. on Channel 7.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WABC-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK CITY (WABC) &#8212; On this episode of &#8220;Tiempo,&#8221; we are featuring Wonder Girls USA, an afterschool&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[118090,75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-312042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-118090","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}