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 | Alicia Rascon
Co-Founder & CEO
Latinitas, Inc.
PO Box 973065
El Paso, TX, 79997
Phone: 915.219.8554
latinitasaly@yahoo.com
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Latinitas is a nonprofit focused on empowering Latina youth through media, art, culture and technology. We publish LatinitasMagazine.org, the first digital magazine for U.S. Latina youth. We focus on empowering Latina youth to express themselves through multimedia enrichment lessons on writing, graphic art, desktop publishing, web design, photography, filmmaking and radio production. We connect girls with positive mentors who encourage girls to build their self-esteem, confidence, cultural pride, efficacy and resiliency to at-risk behavior. Latinitas is training the next generation of Latina media makers through a series of after-school programs, workshops, conferences, internships, camps and retreats.
Alicia Rascon was born in Jalisco,Mexico and raised in El Paso,TX. She earned a journalism degree from the University of Texas-Austin. She was an Americorp bilingual reading specialist and taught for the Austin Independent School District. She worked as a production assistant at NPR’s Latino USA and in non-profit marketing and development at CASA of Travis County and the Austin Children's Museum. As Co-founder of Latinitas, Rascon is dedicated to providing opportunities to help Hispanic girls realize their potential. She is an editor for www.LatinitasMagazine.org and leads girl empowerment programs that promote self-expression and confidence. Alicia has volunteered with the Women’s Fund of El Paso, LULAC, Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas, Las Comadres, Girl Scouts, Mother Daughter Program, and Elevated Arts. She was named La Luz de la Comunidad by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, given the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Woman of Achievement distinction and interviewed for national media outlets Hispanic Business and American LatinoTV. |
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