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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Gabriela Kane Guardia has been named interim |
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executive director of Latinitas, a nonprofit organization |
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dedicated to empowering girls through access to media and |
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technology education; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Guardia earned her bachelor's degree in |
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international studies and Spanish from Texas A&M University and her |
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master's degree in Latin American studies from The University of |
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Texas at Austin, where she also took part in the Portfolio in Arts |
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and Cultural Management and Entrepreneurship certification program |
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through the UT College of Fine Arts and the LBJ School of Public |
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Affairs; along the way, she conducted fieldwork and research in the |
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areas of Chilean cultural policy and Indigenous representation; and |
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WHEREAS, Dedicated to promoting culturally specific STEAM |
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education, Ms. Guardia has helped further the mission of Latinitas |
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through her work as the organization's development and engagement |
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director; she previously served as an intern for Texans for the Arts |
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during the 86th Texas Legislature and as deputy director of Texas |
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Folklife, and she managed SEAD Gallery in downtown Bryan; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Guardia currently serves on the board of Austin |
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Emerging Arts Leaders and on the advisory council of the Innovation |
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Collaborative; in 2021, she was accepted into the cohort of the |
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prestigious National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures |
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Leadership Institute; and |
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WHEREAS, Through out her career, Gabriela Guardia has |
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championed cultural diversity and educational opportunity, and the |
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passion, energy, and vision that she brings to her new role as |
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interim executive director are certain to greatly benefit Latinitas |
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and the young women it serves; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Gabriela Kane Guardia on her |
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appointment as interim executive director of Latinitas and extend |
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to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Guardia as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |