Latinitas

For two years now, Latinitas has commissioned us to create portraits of Austin’s most courageous female leaders of color for their annual Purple Party. The first series in 2021 depicted a handful of women in stunning mosaic, along with a massive mural tribute to Ana “Technomama” Sisnett.

The second series of portraits, completed in 2022, featured seven honorees, all unveiled at Latinitas’s 20th anniversary Purple Party. We hope we can partner with Latinitas in 2023 to showcase the accomplishments of even more of these talented women.

Left to Right: Gloria Pennington, Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette, Angela Angulo, Alice Ming Fei Yi, Reji Thomas, Dr Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, and Laura Donnelly

Latinitas’s portraits not only honor these women, but they also teach the young women Latinitas serves about new role models in their own communities that they can look up to. It’s been an incredibly rewarding and tangible way of giving thanks to these women, acknowledging their hard work and showing how impactful and valuable they are — just like a work of art.

Click here to learn more about the honorees and Latinitas’s annual Purple Party!

Left to Right: Peggy Vasquez by Litzy Rea Valdéz, Martha Cotera by Carmen Rangel

About Latinitas  For over 20 years, Latinitas has been empowering all girls to innovate through media and technology by providing direct digital media and technology training and esteem-boosting services to nearly 3,000 girls and teens across Texas annually, 2,000 in Central Texas and 1,000 more in West and South Texas and recently Northern California. Latinitas has partnered widely and strategically in 10 school districts, at 142 schools, exclusively providing programs in underfunded schools with 50,000 hours+ of free STEAM education to girls, teens, and their families.

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