{"id":9542,"date":"2019-09-26T20:41:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T01:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/?p=9542"},"modified":"2019-10-08T05:25:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T10:25:47","slug":"latino-heritage-festival-announces-scholarship-award-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/latino-heritage-festival-announces-scholarship-award-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Latino Heritage Festival announces scholarship, award recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"holaa-4077390391\" class=\"holaa-before-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/series\/summerarts\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HI-SummerSeries-728&#215;90-SP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP.jpg 728w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP-696x86.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iowa\u2019s Latino Heritage Festival will award 12 students with academic scholarships and reward three Latino business people for their successes at this year\u2019s festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOne of the founding principles of the festival is to honor and support our youth,\u201d said Joe Gonzalez, the executive director of Latino Resources Inc., the umbrella organization that oversees the festival.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-784449942\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles-2\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/iowa\/tickets\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Hola Iowa 5&#215;5 copy (1)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hola-Iowa-5x5-copy-1-e1776430527225.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s scholarship recipients are: Cindy Delgado Parra, Iowa State University; Karen Delgado, Iowa State University; Brenda Guzman Linworth, Grandview University; Isabela Flores, University of Iowa; Yariel Salinas Reyes, Iowa State University; Jissel Gomez Torres, Iowa State University; Alexa Pinos, Grandview University; Diana Valdez Pillado, Grandview University; Derly Beacom, Grandview University; Leslie Leanos, Des Moines Area Community College; Assua Phongsavanh, Iowa State University; and Stephanie Ornelas Salazar, Grandview University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each will receive a $1,000 academic scholarship to further his or her education. Six of the scholarships will be given by sponsors, one from Gonzalez, and five from Latino Resources Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The festival is from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sept. 28 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 29 at Western Gateway Park. About 13,600 people attended the two-day event last year. It features folkloric dancers, martial arts performers, a children\u2019s area, booths about the countries represented at the festival and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival organizers also will honor three individuals with the Latino Achievement Award to recognize them for their successes:<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-3068316435\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles\" style=\"margin-top: 1px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/yourlifeiowa.org\/locations?&#038;utm_campaign=FY2026_OD2A_MOUD&#038;utm_content=Recovery_is_Possible&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_source=iowa_newspaper_association\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gumaro De Avila, who is being recognized for community service in assisting at his church, and helping many schools with translating. De Avila is involved and volunteers with the Clive Historical Society, Clive Community Service, Free clinics in Clive, for the West Des Moines School District, and for Iowa\u2019s Latino Heritage Festival. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blanca Placensia, the co-owner of El Fogon. She was listed by the Iowa Restaurant Association as one of the top 40 \u201cWomen to Watch\u201d in hospitality in Iowa. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antonio Rodriguez-Mireles, a Golden Gloves national champion at super heavyweight. He was the first Iowan to ever win the super heavyweight class and is the first Iowa national champion in the past 15 years. Antonio was invited to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs by USA Boxing and spent the summer there training with other boxing champions. This was a great honor given only to the best up-and-coming boxers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The theme for this year\u2019s event is \u201cColorful Traditions de Iowa.\u201d The festival\u2019s civic engagement tent will host a candidate soapbox for presidential candidates who pre-register to speak to festival attendees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Empowerment Zone will showcase jobs that are in need of workers and provide Latinos with information they need about those jobs. It will include information from sponsor Des Moines Area Community College about the training the school provides to support Future Ready Iowa, an initiative to grow Iowa\u2019s talent pipeline.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-1817926394\" class=\"holaa-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ascentra.org\/learn\/events\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728&#215;90\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1.jpg 1456w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1-1024x127.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1-768x95.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1-696x86.jpg 696w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1-1068x132.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Iowa Department of Transportation\u2019s motorhome will be available for attendees to renew their driver\u2019s license or receive a duplicate for a lost license. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year there is a new activity: Upon entrance into the festival, each family or group will receive a passport card that they will take to various areas of the festival for a stamp. After the card is completed, they can enter into a drawing for a prize. Drawings will take place every few hours during the festival.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-450723190\" class=\"holaa-content_2\" style=\"margin-top: 1px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/yourlifeiowa.org\/locations?&#038;utm_campaign=FY2026_OD2A_MOUD&#038;utm_content=Recovery_is_Possible&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_source=iowa_newspaper_association\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cost to attend is $5 for adults and $1 for children 12 and younger. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"holaa-119088067\" class=\"holaa-after-content\" style=\"margin-top: 1px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/yourlifeiowa.org\/locations?&#038;utm_campaign=FY2026_OD2A_MOUD&#038;utm_content=Recovery_is_Possible&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_source=iowa_newspaper_association\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iowa\u2019s Latino Heritage Festival will award 12 students with academic scholarships and reward three Latino business people for their successes at this year\u2019s festival. \u201cOne of the founding principles of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[408,50,1358,11],"tags":[490,264,489,99],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"es","enabled_languages":["en","es"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"es":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9542"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}