2016 LATINO CULTURE THROUGH THE LENS

IMAGE BY: JOEL SALCIDO RUIZ FOTOS

NO. 9 PROGRAM

Master of Ceremonies TiWanna A. Kenney ASTOUNDING AUCTIONS

6:00 pm Registration & Cocktails Silent Auction Begins

6:30 pm Welcome | Bienvenidos Laura Hernández & Ana Ruelas FOTOS DE MI ALMA CHAIRS

7:00 pm Laura Donnelly CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, LATINITAS Sara Martínez LATINITAS ALUMNI PRESENTATION

7:30 pm Live Auction Begins

8:00 pm Patricia Vonne SPECIAL GUEST

8:30 pm Raffle Draw GUESTS DO NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO WIN WHO WE ARE

Latinitas, an Austin-based non-profit organization, is dedicated to empowering Latina youth using media and technology, providing direct digital media and technology training and esteem-boosting services to nearly 3,500 girls and teens across Texas annually, 2,500in Central and 1,000 more in West Texas. Latinitas envisions a future in which all Latinitas are strong and confident in their image.

Founded in 2002, by Alicia Rascón and Laura Donnelly, then journalism students at UT-Austin, fed up with the misrepresentation of Latinas in media, Latinitas has served over 20,000 girls and teens through after school clubs, weekend workshops, camps and conferences at 112 Austin schools, libraries and community centers generating content for Latinitas Magazine, still the first and only magazine made for and by young Latinas. Latinitas puts girls of all races at the helm of media production, but not just magazine publishing; they learn the latest Web 2.0 platforms design websites, produce video, record audio, blog, do photography, develop video games and apps and, recently—code. HOW LATINITAS IS WORKING

Latinitas first official program evaluation last year revealed some amazing, first of its kind of outcomes about Latina girls’ success and culture-based programming. The outcomes were inspiring, to say the least. Normally, Latina girls have a higher high school dropout rate than girls in other racial or ethnic groups, 30 percent compared with 12.9 percent for Blacks and 8.2 percent for Whites, and are the least likely to earn a college degree. Ninety-three percent of Latinitas program alumni reported graduating high school within four years. Owing to the relatively young age of the participants, (our first program class are juniors in college right now) 81 percent reported their occupation as a college student. The impact of Latinitas is immense. LATINITAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Latinitas, Inc. JENNA RODRÍGUEZ, BOARD CHAIR Austin Headquarters JOSEFINA RAQUEL ACEVES-CLAV 4926 E. Cesar Chavez MARITZA LÓPEZ Austin. TX 78702 JC OTERO 512.900.0304 [email protected] LIZA RODRÍGUEZ CHRISTINA SALAS Latinitas, Inc. BERNADETTE SEGURA El Paso Headquarters KAREN SILES 215 N. Mesa El Paso, TX 79901 ANGELA SUSTAITA 915.219.8554 or 282.5639 SANDIE TAYLOR [email protected] FOUNDERS LAURA DONNELLY www.laslatinitas.com ALICIA RASCÓN 3 JOEL SALCIDO RUIZ HONORED PHOTOGRAPHER

Salcido is an accomplished photographer whose career in photography began as an intern for the El Paso Times in 1979. As a staff photographer for the newspaper he documented the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico, covered the 1985 Mexico earthquake and traveled extensively in Latin America for USA Today. He received multiple awards, amongst them several for his coverage of life in Cuba and inhalant abuse on the U.S.-Mexican border. In 1991 Salcido left the El Paso Times to pursue commercial and editorial photography. Eight years later he moved his family to Spain for a year to work on his fine art photography. Always in quest of new visual frontiers, whether they be out in the highlands of any earthly corner of the planet or the mere comforts of a studio, he enjoys people a lot, especially their tales of conquest and defeat. Salcido says that once, at the top of a meseta in northern Spain, he witnessed an 82-year- old shepherd convince two enraged men that their fight was not worthy of true gentlemen. “Ole” to that! PATRICIA VONNE SPECIAL GUEST

Enchanting, thoughtful and a media tech producer in many ways, Patricia Vonne is a 360 degree artist: musician, illustrator, producer, animator and actor. For the past two years, Vonne has been named Austin Music Award’s Best Female Vocalist. A native of San Antonio, Texas, Vonne, born Patricia Rodriguez, moved to New York City in 1990-2001 to pursue artistic ambitions . She worked extensively in Europe and America and was featured in national/international commercials, and film work. She formed her own musical band, which performed on the New York circuit from 1998-2001. She then relocated to her native Texas where she currently tours extensively in the U.S., Mexico and Europe. She toured as a member of Tito & Tarantula, the band featured in the film in 2002. Her song, “Traeme Paz”, was featured in the film Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Her song “Mudpies and Gasoline” is featured in the Quentin Tarantino presented film Hell Ride. She is the sister of Angela Lanza, Marcel Rodríguez and Robert Rodríguez.

4 ALFREDO GIRALDO

Alfredo Giraldo started taking photographs in the 90s with a 1970s Pentax camera with a broken photometer. His main interest today is using photography to “discover” photographers off the grid around the world. He studied industrial engineering in Lima, Peru and got a Master’s degree in Latin American Studies from The University of Texas at Austin. Currently, he works for the U.S. Embassy in Peru in the area of culture, education and communications projects. ANNEKE PATERSON

Anneke Paterson is a native to Austin, Texas. She is currently studying journalism at Austin Community College. She photographs elements in her life that she feels most connected to, be it horses, social issues, or the experiences of a 21 year old in the booming city that is Austin. Anneke is a contributing photographer to National Geographic Books and The New York Times Sunday Edition. She works as both a freelance photographer, often on assignment for the Texas Tribune as well as for hire for portrait sessions. She also works as a horseback riding instructor in Bee Cave, Texas, teaching youth horsemanship skills. She has had multiple images published on National Geographic’s website, as well as in newspapers throughout the state of Texas. Anneke has volunteered in Mexico and Guatemala with medical nonprofit groups such as Austin Smiles Foundation and Dell Children’s Surgical Global Outreach. ARTURO ALMEIDA

Arturo Almeida was born in 1962, and is from Brownsville, Texas. At a young age, he moved to Corpus Christi where he later became an artist and independent curator. In 2003, Almeida joined the University of Texas at San Antonio as curator of the UTSA Art Collection under President Ricardo Romo. He studied composition and nature, reminiscent of the work of Edward Weston.

5 DANIELLE VILLASANA

Danielle Villasana is a documentary photographer whose personal projects focus on women, identity, human rights and health. She is currently a member of the Emerging Talent Roster at Getty Images Reportage. Before attending college, Danielle traveled through more than 30 countries in Europe and West Africa, photographing along the way. After meeting a photojournalist in Ghana, she realized that photography combined with discovery, cross-cultural communication and a desire to spread awareness about global issues equates to journalism. DIANA JAUREGUI

Diana Jauregui is the executive Assistant to Consul General, at Consulate General of Mexico in Austin, TX. Prior to that position she was a freelance graphic designer and photographer for 11 years. ED LEHMANN

Ed Lehmann has been an Austin resident for over 30 years. Though born in Santiago,Chile, he has called Texas home for most of his life. Ed is a working local photographer, but also spends much of his spare time capturing scenes around Austin while out on bicycle. Favorite subjects are the multi-cultural characters visible all over town, and the changing landscape as Austin progresses from a small town to a sprawling metropolis. FAUSTINUS DERAET

Faustinus Deraet is an Austin based photographer, born in Antwerp, Belgium, and grew up in Mexico City. Faustinus’ work has been shown in Hungary, Mexico City, and several U.S. cities. Faustinus’ work has been shown in Hungary, Mexico City, and several U.S. cities. He has been published nationally in Shots and Light Leaks, locally in Austin Magazine, Tribeza, NSIDE, and was named one of the Top 10 Artists to Watch For in 2004 by the Austin Chronicle.

6 FLORIA GONZÁLEZ

Floria obtained her bachelors degree in photography from the Escuela Activa de Fotografía de Coyoacán. Her work has been displayed in Italy, Mexico City, New York, and Bolivia. Floria recently showed her sometimes haunting and ethereal photography at Espacio Arterial the renowned nuevo art space in the Condesa neighborhood in Mexico City. GIL GARCÍA

Gil is a digital film-making instructor at Austin High School, he is also the creative director to the student produced television program called KAHS News. García has built a nationally recognized program and was hired by the PBS News Hour to re-write their video production curriculum and produce video lessons for their Student Reporting Labs Project, a nationally recognized journalism education program which he also piloted at Austin High. GABRIEL PÉREZ

Gabriel is a multimedia producer specializing in photo and video. Raised bilingual and bicultural, his passion lies in documentary storytelling on issues of cultural identity, diasporas, and migration. But you can also nd him covering breaking news and doing commercial work. Clients/publications include The New York Times, Time, Rolling Stone, Smithsonian Institution, Nike, PBS, The Texas Tribune, and NPR a liates KUT News and KUTX Music. GILBERTO VILLASEÑOR JR.

Gilberto “Gibby“ Villaseñor Jr. is a director and editor with Cevallos Brother Productions, a company focused on commercial, television and music video production. You can find Gibby most nights documenting some of the most popular Latino and country music - from Flaco Jimenez to Rick Treviño.

7 HANNE VANG HANSEN

One year of working in Spain boosted her interest in Latino culture, which led to a six-month volunteer-abroad program in Lima, Peru working at an orphanage. Hanne has also traveled to Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and participated in an exchange program in Guanajuato, Mexico (where she met her husband). Hanne worked at Latinitas Magazine for two years in programs and as a freelance translator, and as the Danish Editor of the citizen-media news site Global Voices. Hanne has returned home after many years in the States and Latin America to Copenhagen where she lives with her husband Simon, a computer scientist. JANICE MUÑIZ

Janice is a street and documentary photographer. Her love for rituals and capturing the essence of people and places began at an early age and became stronger during the time she lived in Mexico. Janice has studied photography with Mary Ellen Mark, Chris Rainer and Miguel Gandert among others. Janice’s images intend to portray a moment into the soul of a person or place. The images presented at Fotos de mi Alma were shot using 35mm Trix film and are printed using archival silver gelating printing on Illford warm tone fiber based paper. Janice currently lives in Austin and works as an Executive and Life Coach. She is Puerto Rican and was born in El Paso, Texas. JEREMY KALLER

Jeremy Kaller is a media producer whose CV includes commercials, documentary and short films. He’s a big advocate for the environment and lives in San Francisco, CA.

8 JORGE SAN HUEZA-LYON

Jorge San Hueza-Lyon is the Senior Multimedia Producer at KUT-FM, Austin’s NPR affiliate. San Hueza-Lyon achieved his masters in photojournalism at the University of Texas-Austin in 2003. After UT, Jorge worked at the Austin American Statesman as one of their first video-journalists. He grew up in Houston in a close-knit Chilean family, has traveled extensively and has photographed countries throughout Latin America. KEVIN SWEENEY

Kevin Francis Sweeney is a documentary photographer and graphic designer. Born in Karachi, Pakistan in 1973, he grew up in Houston, Texas. He is a graduate of Tulane University and the School of Visual Arts. He has shown his work in several group exhibitions in Austin, New York, Pittsburgh, Prague, and Madrid, and has been published in Leonardo, Pittsburgh Magazine, and online at Burn magazine. He currently lives in Austin, Texas. LUCEROS VALLE-ARCHULETA

Luceros Valle-Archuleta was born and raised in Mexico. She is an Industrial Designer and photographer. Since she was a kid she grew up with a passion for photography influenced by her father, a classic portrait photographer for over 40 years. Her background has given her a particular interest in combining aesthetics culture, design and photography. Today she uses digital photography as an expression of art and design as a personal craft. She loves using classic portrait lighting to enhance the natural beauty of people and pets. Luceros believes in the importance of meaning and tries to tell a story in every photo. She married city-wide street artist Federico Achuleta in 2013 and has a new baby boy. She currently lives in Austin, Texas.

9 MARRIAH TARANGO

Marriah Tarango is a photographer, designer, and artisan all in one. She has always had an interest in the creative life since she was very young. After spending 2 years studying evolution biology at UT Austin, she decided to shift direction to living a more creative life focused on the arts. She learned graphic design and acquired a certification in jewelry fabrication. During college, she picked up her first DSLR camera and began to experiment with photographing subjects, while adding a natural/bohemian touch. Photography has become one of her biggest passions. PAULINA DE LA MORA

Paulina De la Mora is an 18-year old from Monterrey, Mexico. She moved to Austin four years ago. She loves being in a city full of beauty and art. She developed her passion for photography at a young age and has been doing it ever since. She mostly enjoys to photograph nature and landscapes. RAF SOLÍS

Raf was born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico where he studied architecture. He has lived in the U.S., since ‘95, in Chicago, Austin and back to Chicago. He left architecture in 2008 to attend graphic design school, a field in which he now works full-time. RALPH BARRERA

Ralph Barrera is a senior staff photographer with the Austin American Statesman, with over 25 years of knowledge in the local community. He has been a professional photographer since 1981 when he graduated from the University of Texas-Austin after growing up in San Antonio as a third generation Texan.

10 RICARDO ROMO

Ricardo Romo became the fifth president of the University of Texas at San Antonio in May 1999. As President, he leads one of the fastest growing institutions of higher education in Texas and the nation. Since he became President, UTSA has become an institution of first choice for students seeking a university degree, and UTSA is now poised to be one of the state’s next premier research universities. RUBÉN MORALES

Ruben Morales was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. He studied art there and in Los Angeles, California, but then his focus was painting. He has actually been a painting since he was 13 years old. He was painting oilsand started using photography to capture the models’ images so they didn’t have to sit all day long. His images were very good and so he took some photojournalism courses. On his accomplishments, he was sold by the thrill of doing his first art show in Los Angeles years ago and anything since has been just more cherries on top of the sundae. His business Ruben Morales Photography focuses on events and portraiture, but he loves to branch out and do creative projects, always. SARA MARTÍNEZ

Sara Martinez is on the crest of graduating from the University of Texas at Austin’s journalism program, just recently ranked number one public journalism program in the country. Sara is also minoring in apparel and textile design. She is fluent in Spanish, English and conversational in Japanese. In 2004, Sara joined one of the first Latinitas media and tech clubs at Martin Middle School where she picked up her first camera, learned to blog and began projects in graphic design and filmmaking. She is passionate about anything that involves technology, music and fashion and just covered NY Fashion Week as a photographer, an opportunity to combine all those interests. She enjoys learning different cultures and resided in Japan during the summer of 2013 and this past semester interned at Time Warner Cable news in Austin. Her dream is to be a multi-media international journalist.

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