Latino Community Profiles

There are many interesting Latinos in the greater Charlottesville area who make a difference in their neighborhoods, or through their churches or a community organization, or at their job. Some are included on this page. Suggestions for future profiles are most welcomed; please email cj.cville@gmail.com.  Please note a few have moved away from the area since being profiled on the CJ website and in its weekly email bulletin. These include: Carlos Teran, now in Florida; Pablo Davis, who resides in Tennessee; Dr. Ivonne López, who moved to Texas;  Luciana Bernardos, who is back home in Brasil, and Carolina Ortiz who has moved to be with her family in New York.

June-August, 2011
Adriana Haynes

Adriana is the Shelter for Help in Emergency’s (SHE) new Legal Outreach Advocate for the Spanish speaking community. She was born in Colombia and grew up with her family in Bogota before coming to the US in 1999 to learn English through the airline company she worked for. Though she thought she’d return to Colombia, those plans changed when she met Jeff, her future husband. Jeff and Adriana moved to Charlottesville from Harrisonburg in 2007. 

Adriana’s position as the Legal Outreach Advocate at SHE builds on her ten years of experience as a court and community services interpreter. She also works as a legal assistant in her husband’s general law practice to help him better serve the Hispanic community, and she volunteers her time to “Speaking Forward with Jeff and Olga”, a law, business and entertainment radio show Jeff co-hosts with Olga Morse, Editor of Forward/Adelante, the bilingual business journal. 

Thinking about her work with our area’s Latino population Adriana says, “Let me begin by saying that is an honor for me to be able to give back to my community.  I know how much of a challenge it was for me to transition from one culture to another and overcome the language barrier. It is very gratifying for me to act as a liaison between the two cultures. In my position at the Shelter I know that in each case I have an opportunity to help someone heal their lives as survivors of domestic violence.  I also have the opportunity to raise awareness of domestic violence in the Hispanic community and to educate them on the resources that are available to those in need. Finally, it has been amazing working and getting to know other members of our community. I have an opportunity to witness firsthand the success stories out there and how they have come together with the general community to enrich their lives of so many different backgrounds.” 

Adriana and Jeff recently became active in CJ’s Executive Committee, and of this experience Adriana says, “My husband and I have always wanted to become part of CJ because of the vital role they play in furthering the goals of the Hispanic population. In CJ there is such a diverse group of individuals that all share the same goals and passion to bring the whole community together.  THANK YOU CJ FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE AND YOU ARE DOING TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY.”  

And she adds, “I am very proud to be Latina and I am grateful to have this opportunity to work for my community.” 

 

March – May, 2011
Carolina Ortiz    

Carolina Ortiz, member of the CJ Executive Committee and Family Support Worker for Jefferson Area Children’s Health Improvement Program (JACHIP), has been living and working in the Charlottesville area for over three years. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Carolina was raised in a Spanish speaking household by her parents, both of whom are from the Dominican Republic. She learned English through bilingual classes in her elementary school.  Carolina’s job with JACHIP enables her to teach families about the growth and development of their children and share resources and information about what is going on in the community. Of her work she says, “I love what I do because I know that I am making a difference in the lives of families I serve. Working with Spanish speaking members in the community is a bonus because I can gain and share information, resources, and experiences that will help us better serve our community.”   

Of her involvement with CJ, Carolina says, “Creciendo Juntos, who wouldn’t want to join? We are GROWING TOGETHER and learning together about the struggles, and successes of our Latino community. I also wanted be a representative for the families I serve in JACHIP and the struggles they face. Creciendo Juntos brings the providers and the community one step closer to understanding who they are serving and the challenges they face.”   

“When I think of myself in terms of working with Creciendo Juntos I think: I AM LATINA, I’M ONLY ONE VOICE, but CRECIENDO JUNTOS HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNIY TO BE HEARD.”   
 

January – February 2011
Chris Breland 

Chris was born in the U.S. to Puerto Rican parents. At home, her mother spoke English and her father Spanish. Chris’s grandmother was a major influence on both her knowledge of Spanish cultures and heritage. Among her multicultural experiences, Chris’s Colombian mother-in-law introduced her to the Spanish community in Charlottesville. 

Of her jobs in Las Vegas and locally at Albemarle Social Services, Chris says, “it has been a rewarding experience to assist Spanish speakers accessing services and to reduce their frustration with language barriers.” Recently, Chris started up a Zumba Fitness program at The Laughing Dragon Kung Fu Studio (3006 Berkmar Drive) on Sundays from 4-5pm. Classes are only $5 and beginners are welcomed! Chris can be reached at christinebreland@gmail.com.
 

November – December 2010
Mildred Schoenfeld-Hoy 

Fifteen years ago, Mildred, a Guatemalan native, moved to the area. She is well known as one of its few self-employed Spanish-language interpreters. Mildred has translated for many Latinos in the Charlottesville General District Court and Albemarle County General District Court, as well as in hospitals in Charlottesville, Augusta, Harrisonburg and elsewhere. Among other endeavors, Mildred has promoted awareness about Chagas, a rare parasitic disease found in Central American populations. Mildred is the mother of three girls; the four reside in Afton Mountain. Mildred can be contacted at mmhoyfamily@aol.com
 

September – October 2010
Miguel Martinez 

A 1997 graduate of Western Albemarle High School, Miguel was born in San Miguel de Allende, in the Guanajuato, Mexico, and moved to the U.S. at the age of 10. Today he is a recording engineer and music video director and co-directed a 2009 documentary along with Red Light Management’s Jamie Sisley called Farewell, Ferris Wheel. The film explores the impact of American immigration policy on the Mexican city of Tlapacoyan, Veracruz which provides 30% of American circus and carnival labor. Regarding the film, Miguel says, “We thought it was the perfect way to frame immigration … The workers are trying to survive, they’re trying to give their families the proper way of life and health, trying to put clothes on their backs.” View a trailer of the movie at farewellferriswheel.com
 

April – May 2010
Fanny Smedile 

Originally from Ecuador, Fanny moved to the US in 1988. She and her family have lived in Charlottesville for several years, and Fanny is known among friends and colleagues as an invaluable asset to the community. 

In 2005 Fanny was a founding member of Creciendo Juntos. In 2007 she took on the enormous task of organizing consulate visits to Charlottesville so Latinos could apply for and renew passports and consular IDs. These visits are indispensable, as few families have the means and ability to travel to Washington or to their home countries to solicit these crucial forms of identification. The Honduran consulate visited served 200+; the Mexican consulate helped 700+. 

In addition to these efforts and her full-time job, Fanny commits countless hours each year to the Church of the Incarnation’s Outreach Ministry, providing emergency financial and food assistance to people in need, welcoming families new to the area and the US, and helping Spanish speaking community members access the services they need. 

Describing Fanny’s tireless work, one of her colleagues said, “I cannot think of any area in which Fanny has not made a significant contribution of her time and of her very self. She provides help and advocates for families in need, she empowers people to become involved, she organizes events, and she is one of the most personable and friendly people I know.”
 

February – March 2010
Andrea Hidalgo 

Andrea Hidalgo was born in Houston. She is first generation Guatemalan-American; her mother emigrated from Guatemala to the US in 1977. At 1 ½ years old, Andrea returned to live in Guatemala with her abuelita until age 5, when she went to Los Angeles for a year before being reunited with her mother in Houston at the age of 6. Andrea has since visited Guatemala during the summers. 

She grew up in a gang ridden neighborhood but her “family kept her focused on life, dreams, and the desire to do better.” Andrea attended Sweet Briar College outside of Lynchburg and was the first in her family to graduate from both high school and college. 

Since leaving Sweet Briar, Andrea has lived in Charlottesville where she has been a software engineer for six years. She currently works as a SW Test Engineer for a local software company. Andrea is “excited about helping CJ with the redesign of its website.” She feels she has found a way to contribute to the Latino community using her skills.
 

December 2009 – January 2010
Julio Zelaya 

When he was 3 or 4, Julio left El Salvador and came to the U.S. undocumented, along with his mother, a single parent. She worked long hours as a cleaning woman in Maryland, and Julio and his siblings were latchkey children, brought up by the barely older sister who was attending school, learning English, and speaking it in the household. 

Before coming to Albemarle County Social Services, Julio lived in California farm country, and worked with homeless men for Tulare County Social Services. In addition to his own caseload at ACSS, Julio often assists other Latino clients who seek him out because he is bilingual and bicultural. He also has performed outreach services to Latinos, the last time during a Southwood Neighborhood Watch event. 

Julio enjoys and views working with Latinos as an opportunity to help people with a similar background who, he believes, need and deserve support to help them get beyond a here and now mentality. “In their countries, they can’t think beyond survival. But now that they are living in the U.S., they need to consider and plan for the future, instill in their children the value of an education and good job, while striving to maintain their Latino identity.” 

Julio resides in Augusta County with his wife Hope and their two girls who are being raised to speak both English and Spanish to value their Latino heritage.
 

October – November 2009
Carlos Valladares 

When he was 18 months old, this Salvadoran, along with an aunt, snuck into the U.S. in a car trunk. Carlos lived most of his life in gang ridden Los Angeles where he became a citizen before enlisting in the Army (serving multiple tours in Iraq) and becoming an Albemarle County Police officer in April 2008. In 2009, the 26 year old donated a kidney to his mother with whom he lives. Among Carlos’s community activities, he enjoys being a mentor to Latino children. 

  

August – September 2009
Gerardo Pandolfi and Carolina Parietti 

Gerardo Pandolfi and Carolina Parietti, a Uruguayan couple with four children, came to the U.S. in 2000, and a few months later moved to Harrisonburg. They are known in Central Virginia as the original owners of Nuevas Raíces, a Spanish language newspaper which has made countless contributions to Latinos and the service providers working with them. While they resided in Harrisonburg, the couple attended Creciendo Juntos (CJ) meetings and met with area service providers to develop new articles, and also cooperated with UVa and others on initiatives helping Latinos in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. Geraldo and Carolina moved to Florida in 2009. 

  

June – July 2009
Gloria Rockhold 

Originally from Paraguay, Gloria has been the Hispanic/Latino Outreach Coordinator for Albemarle County Public Schools, assisting with the integration of Latino families into the community. She has helped create programs for low income students at risk of dropping out of high school, like the “Southwood Study Group” which provides tutoring in core classes and test-taking skills. Gloria was also involved in getting Albemarle’s Open Door program to offer self-enrichment classes in Spanish and in the development of El Barrio, the name of a book and exhibition featuring photos made by a group of elementary and middle-school students living in Albemarle’s Southwood Mobile Home Park. Email: g.rockhold@gmail.com 

  

April – May 2009
Jaime Reyes 

Jaime was born in Guatemala. He came to the U.S. “to better his situation, to support his family and to feel free.” He owns Guadalupana, a grocery store located on Carlton Avenue, which specializes in Mexican food, soccer team merchandise, piñatas, sweets from Central America, and religious items. The store also provides a mail service to expedite remittances from Latinos to their loved ones in Latin America. While “gringos”, Brazilians and Africans have frequented Guadalupana, its customers are largely Mexicans, Hondurans and Salvadorans. Telephone: (434) 977-5556 

  

February – March 2009
Maritza Gómez
Olga Castillo 

Maritza and Olga were among the first health promoters trained by the Creciendo Juntos (CJ) Health Promoter Working Group (CJHPWG). They graduated from the program in December 2008 and as other graduates, continue to take extended training classes while providing medical services to the Latino community. Maritza is from El Salvador and she joined the health promoter program after volunteering at community health fairs. Olga, who is from Costa Rica, had volunteered for the Blue Ridge Medical Center. To contact them or to find out more information about the CJHPWG, visit http://cj-network.org/cj/cj-initiatives/cj-work-groups/health-promoter-working-group/ 

  

December 2008 – January 2009
Olga Morse 

Born in Puerto Rico, Olga has worked as a Spanish teacher at Albemarle High School (1996-1999) and in 2000, after acquiring her real estate license, Olga began using her talents to help guide Spanish speakers through the complicated English process of buying a home. While she is still an Associate Broker/Owner of Homes and Land Realtors Ltd – specializing in sales of land, commercial property and residential – in August 2008, Olga launched FORWARD/Adelante. Its objective, to encourage all Virginians to focus on the contributions being made by Hispanics to the business environment, is carried out through networking (“Chapter 6”), a news magazine, and other initiatives. http://www.forwardvirginia.com 

  

October – November 2008
Ingrid Ramos 

Ingrid Ramos was born and raised in the Dominican Republic and came to the USA in 2002. She is a family counselor who works in the Central Virginia area and dedicates herself to community services, having worked with children and youth in her country. After coming to the USA she has focused her work on Hispanic families and women issues. 

Ingrid’s volunteering and work experience has been varied. She has been a seminar facilitator for teenagers at the Aldeas Infantiles SOS in the Dominican Republic, a peer counselor at the Abba Women’s Care & Resource Center, a crisis intervention companion at the Shelter for Abused Women, a career counselor at Liberty University, and an event organizer for the International Guitar Festival of the Dominican Republic. 

Too, before working as a counselor, Ingrid was in the business field for ten years where she acquired experience for data analysis, management, and team building. Ingrid speaks both Spanish and English and she is available as a family therapist at the Charlottesville League of Therapists where she works with individuals, couples and families. “I love the opportunity CLT has provided me to serve the Hispanic population in Charlottesville. My passion is to work with people and to help them in their emotional difficulties and challenges. My work brings me joy by connecting with others and providing them the compassion to deal with their problems, and to empower them to move on with their lives.” 

Ingrid has a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from the Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago, Dominican Republic; a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Auditing from the Universidad APEC, Dominican Republic; and a Master’s degree in Professional Counseling from Liberty University, Virginia. Ingrid can be contacted at: ingrid.ramos@leagueoftherapists.com 

  

August – September 2008
Karen Valencia 

When she was featured as the CJ Profile, Karen was working as a Spanish Interpreter for the UVa Health System helping Spanish speaking families. She mainly worked in the Pediatric area of the Hospital and helped Latino families with not only their children’s appointments but too with community resources, Medicaid, insurance and financial assistance, billing, and much more. “I love my job as an Interpreter and as an advocate of my community to help overcome language barriers.” Karen also volunteered for Piedmont Housing Alliance, helping with translations and interpreting and as a facilitator and speaker for VHDA Spanish seminars for first time home buyers. 

  

June – July 2008
Maria Williams 

Maria Williams was born in Colombia, and at the age of 10, she came to the United States where her family settled in the Washington metropolitan area. Maria graduated from the University of Maryland with a liberal arts degree focusing on dance and special education. Prior to attending college and throughout her career, Maria has worked extensively with people who have special needs. In August of 2007, Maria began her work at the Arc of the Piedmont with the Infant Development Project, a program targeting at-risk children from ages 0-3, which is funded by a Smart Beginnings grant. Maria works specifically with the Latino community in Albemarle County, where she focuses on infant development and the transition process prior to attending school. She has been instrumental in the founding of a local playgroup for Latino children and their families. In collaboration with the Bright Stars program, Albemarle ESOL, and the Word of Faith church, this playgroup serves as a valuable resource for Latino families, where children benefit from an interactive learning environment while their parents get the opportunity to practice speaking English and hear from speakers around the community. Maria is an active participant in the Creciendo Juntos network, and she attends meetings every month. She is thankful for the networking opportunities that CJ provides, by which it is possible for her to gain awareness of community needs and explore potential solutions. In addition, she also views Creciendo Juntos as a support group connecting Latino professionals and the Charlottesville community, which can further improve the lives of Charlottesville’s Latino community members. 

  

February – March 2008
Rita Salsini 

Rita Salsini, Health Specialist at MACAA Head Start, was born and raised in a bi-lingual home on Long Island, NY. Rita’s parents were immigrants with her dad coming to America from Ecuador and her mother from Spain & Cuba. Rita has a degree in nursing and practiced in a variety of medical organizations in New York, Illinois, Oregon, Maryland and Virginia. She also worked in special education through the Frederick, Maryland school system. Rita relocated to Charlottesville during the summer of 2005. She started with Monticello Area Community Action Agency in 2006 as the Health Specialist for Head Start. MACAA Head Start operates in Albemarle, Charlottesville, Fluvanna, Louisa and Nelson counties and serves over 200 children. Her current role involves ensuring local Head Start programs are in compliance with Federal health and dental regulations. As a licensed RN, Rita interacts with teachers, students and families on a day-to-day basis. There has been an increased in the number of Hispanic children enrolled in Head Start. Many come from homes where the child is the first one learning English. Rita’s bi-lingual skills and background have been most useful in forming connections with families who are new to the country and have limited English proficiency. Rita and her husband have 3 wonderful girls who keep them very busy during the year. Rita is looking forward to becoming more involved in Creciendo Juntos Plenary and working groups. Rita can be contacted at rsalsini@macaa.org 

  

December 2007 – January 2008
Silvia and Carlos Palma and Judith Then 

Silvia, Carlos and Judith opened Restaurante & Pupusería Cason Tropical in January 2008. Originally, Cason Tropical was an unusual and much welcomed addition to lovers of Latin American cuisine who desire something much more than a Mexican restaurant. It had and still has a menu of dishes from El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic. Silvia is a Salvadoran who was a businesswoman before coming to the States three years ago. Judith, who came to the US eight years ago, is married to one of Carlos’ brothers. Carlos, a Honduran chef who worked at Outback Steak House for nine years, was in charge of the kitchen. He enjoyed playing soccer with the local Latino Real España team. On Sundays, he and Silvia frequented Casa del Padre church while Judith and her family attended services at Luz y Vida. Silvia and Carlos left the restaurant in 2009. Judith and her family continue to operate it. Call ahead (293-1119) if you have a large group, to order food for your next office party, or to order carryout. 

  

October 2007 – November 2007
Martha Trujillo 

Martha launched United Way’s Spanish language Information and Referral services in 2007, and is the Charlottesville agency’s Community Outreach Coordinator. A native of Mexico City, Martha earned a BA there in Administration from the Commercial Academy and Linguistic Center. She has been very active in Creciendo Juntos (CJ), participating on its Executive Committee and/or coordinating its annual Help Fairs. Martha has also served the Latino community with applications for FAMIS Medicaid and income tax preparations. Before working at the United Way, Martha helped lead the Strengthening Families group at the Region Ten Community Services Board, and she was a long-time volunteer at Greer Elementary School. “I love my job because it is all about helping people,” said Martha. “There are so many services in this community, but not everyone knows what is available. My job is to connect people with solutions and it is a great feeling to know that I’ve had a positive impact on someone’s life.” Martha lives in Albemarle County with her husband and son, and has a daughter in college. 

  

August – September 2007
Christianne Queiroz 

Christianne is a bi-lingual/bi-national lawyer who was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In Brazil, Christianne taught law and participated in a pioneer partnership as a Human Rights instructor to military policemen with Amnesty International. In 2000, Christianne took a sabbatical and was a visiting scholar at UVa for six months. The following year, she began a Master of Laws program at UVa Law School. Christianne has worked as an interpreter for IRC and as an outreach worker for the Migrant Farmworkers’ Program at Central Virginia Legal Aid Society. In 2006, Christianne acquired American citizenship, was admitted to the Virginia Bar and was hired as the first staff attorney to the Child Health Advocacy program with the Legal Aid Justice Center. Her passions include fighting for justice and respect of human rights, animals and environmental protection, and acting. Christianne can be reached at christianne@cvlas.org 

  

June – July 2007
Marie Murray 

When Marie was featured in the CJ Profile, she was a Shelter for Help in Emergency’s Advocate for the Spanish Speaking Community. While she has since ceased to be an employee, she continues to volunteer with SHE, assisting its Latina clients. 

Marie was born and grew up in Madrid, Spain. She has degrees in Philosophy and Psychology, the latter from the University of Maryland. As a military wife, Marie traveled through many countries and lived in the US, Spain, Greece, Germany and Iran. At different times, she taught High School Public Speaking, Short Story Writing and Spanish Language; managed the Army Community Services financial and credit-counseling department in Germany; and also managed the Latin American (16 countries) Automation market for General Electric for almost ten years. In addition, she has volunteered in activities for the advancement of peace and justice through her church and other associations. In the personal area, she is still married to the same man after 47 years, has 3 daughters, two granddaughters and a grandson. Her passion is to eliminate injustice and work for peace. For fun she likes to read, garden, travel and cook. These experiences have given Marie extensive exposure to different cultures and opportunities to develop broad understanding of the importance of being open to and accepting of individual differences to being successful in a multicultural setting. 

  

April – May 2007
Dilcia Colindres 

Dilcia was born in Honduras and went to college in San Pedro Sula, where she graduated in accounting and continued her education in sociology and administration before coming to the US in 1988. Her desire to learn English was so great that she took some classes and worked as a babysitter before going to Oxnard College in California. In 2000, she and her family moved to Virginia at the advice of her best friend who said there were exceptional educational opportunities here for Dilcia’s daughter and that the area was very family oriented. Since moving to Charlottesville, Dilcia has worked as a Family Support Worker for CHIP (Comprehensive Health Invested Project) and as a case manager for Shelter for Help in Emergency. For almost 18 months, ending in mid-2010, Dilcia was the Chair of Creciendo Juntos (CJ) Executive Committee. She can be reached at dilciacolindres@msn.com 

  

February – March 2007
Luciana Bernardos 

Luciana accompanied her husband to Charlottesville after his acceptance at UVa’s Darden Business School. Luciana is a member of Brazil’s “Live and Let Live,” promoting culture and education for youth in hospitals. During her time in Charlottesville, Luciana was a storyteller at the UVa’s Children’s Hospital and participated in a bilingual children’s event during the 2007 Festival of the Book. Luciana was also the International Liaison for Zona Latina, a bilingual television program broadcasted from Charlottesville. She and her husband returned to Brasil in May 2007. Luciana’s email is: lucbernardos@uol.com.br 

  

December 2006 – January 2007
Ivonne López 

Ivonne is from Bogotá Colombia, where she studied and is a doctor (GP). In 2001, when her husband received a job offer at UVa, Ivonne moved to the area with him. While here she devoted much time to helping Latinos with health issues and with navigating through local health systems so they could access needed services. For four years Ivonne worked for the Rural Health Outreach Program, offering a variety of services, like working with the Mobile Clinic that provided monthly medical attention in the evening at the Southwood Trailer Park and the Church of the Incarnation. She also worked with RHOP health promoters assisting local migrant workers with health assessments, identifying risk factors, and providing health information, attention and referral services to guarantee that the fruit workers receive needed health services. Among her many contributions, Ivonne participated on Creciendo Juntos (CJ) Executive Committee and was instrumental in training CJ’s first two classes of Latino health promoters. She and her family moved to Texas in 2009. 

  

October – November 2006
Rosa Galvez 

Rosa arrived in Los Angeles from El Salvador when she was five. In 1993, Rosa relocated in Albemarle County. In 2005, she worked for a year at Albemarle Social Services, helping Latinos to learn about and access agency programs and staff. Rosa is married to another Salvadoran, Felix Hernández, and together the young couple owns and manages Mercado World, a Mexican and Central American grocery store that also sells handcrafts and souvenirs, offers services to facilitate communication, mail and remittances to that region, and prepares delicious comida típica. The store is located behind Taco Bell, next to Pier 1 on Rt. 29. For more information call (434) 978-1553. 

  

August – September 2006
Rolando Méndez 

Rolando was born in El Salvador. He graduated from Charlottesville High School in June 2006, entered UVa a few months later, and expects to graduate with a BS in Biology and a BA in Chemistry in May 2011. Since coming to Charlottesville in August 2002, Rolando has offered IT support to a Latin American non-profit, Probidad, and among other volunteer efforts, he has worked for the Virginia Discovery Museum, the Democratic Party, and at the UVa McCormick Observatory. Despite his busy school, work, and volunteer schedule, he was been the webmaster for Creciendo Juntos (CJ), designing its logo, building its site, and uploading updates between March 2006 and January 2011. In May 2010, he received the CJ Community Builder Award for his exemplary volunteerism. 
  

June-July 2006
Pablo Julian Davis 

Pablo, a New York City native of Argentine origins, lived in Charlottesville for almost 10 years. He studied and taught Latin American history and culture, and has a great interest in comparative study of the Americas. He’s a lifelong musician (pianist) whose first love is jazz, especially of the Latin genre. In Virginia he’s been part of several beginnings, as UVa’s first student affairs administrator for Latin American/Latino programs (1999-2003), a charter member of the Governor’s original Virginia Latino Advisory Commission (2003-2005), and as the director of the South Atlantic Humanities Center, a Virginia Foundation for the Humanities partnership with UVa and Virginia Tech involved in public programs on the history and culture. Pablo left the area for Tennessee in 2008; his email is pablo.j.davis@gmail.org 

  

April-May 2006
Carlos Terán and Nuevas Raíces 

Carlos left Venezuela for Florida in 1985. Five years later he moved to Virginia where he was the Charlottesville regional manager of Nuevas Raíces, the first Spanish newspaper in Central Virginia, from when it began in 2001 and until Carlos returned to Florida in 2008. Carlos also founded and co-directed Zona Latina, a bilingual TV news show (2006 – 2008) focusing on Latinos in Virginia. His other activities included participation on Creciendo Juntos (CJ) Executive Committee. Carlos can be reached at carterphotovideo@gmail.com