Latinos
in Architecture deliver architectural inspiration to high school youth…
Latinos in architecture had the opportunity to deliver
donated books to one of our local high schools. Thanks to everyone that donated
books.
Last week, I had the opportunity to be a part of an event
that marks what Latinos in Architecture stands for. This event, From The Architects Bookshelf, promotes
higher education in the field of construction, design and art. It is in LiA’s
core values to promote the need for a higher education, and the importance of
sharing with our community. During each of the volunteers’ introduction we were
able to share where we were from, where we obtained our education, our career
path and a recommendation that we thought would help them. Al Hernandez shared his
passion for architecture, and also explained the roles that architects have as
managers of the different disciplines like engineers, contractors, owners and
users.
The school is always carefully selected keeping in mind
that they have an architecture/design program in their curriculum, and then the
instructor gathers a group of student. We delivered the books to Pinkston High
School in west Dallas. The majority of the students that attend this high school
are minorities.
Below is the group of volunteers (from left to right):
Karina Ramirez
Al Hernandez
Gloria Espino
David Munoz
Salud Sierra
Daniel Navarro Rangel
It was really rewarding to see the faces of exiting
student opening books and understanding what architects do as designers. Thanks
to our co-chair David Munoz and Gloria Espino for organizing the event.
