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Keynote speaker, poet and performer, Ariana Brown

Conference attendees outside the BTSU Ballroom

Marcia Salazar Valentine, Executive Director, BGSU’s International Programs & Partnerships presenting the Bienvenida/Bem-vinda

McKenna Freeman, BGSU Alumna, presenting at the opening session

April Carmona receiving the Manny Vadillo Scholarship from Ana Brown, Interim Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs

Dr. Luis Moreno, Lecturer, Department of Ethnic Studies, before the Subaltern Voices and Latinx Resistance panel

Dr. Luis Moreno, Lecturer, Department of Ethnic Studies, moderating the Subaltern Voices and Latinx Resistance panel

Heather Bloom and Megan Miner at the Subaltern Voices and Latinx Resistance panel

Megan Miner presenting as part of the Subaltern Voices and Latinx Resistance panel

José Luna, representative from Toledo Public Schools, discussing the Subaltern Voices and Latinx Resistance panel

Panel Creative voices/voces creativas with presenter Elena M. Aponte

Panel Creative voices/voces creativas with presenter Anna Remijia Dominguez

Panel Creative voices/voces creativas with presenter Ivan Gusev Johnson

Performance, “Spanish in Ohio: Reflections on loss, gain, acceptance and belonging”

Panel Confrontando la hegemonía, reimaginando fronteras with presenter Sarah Seal

BGSU President Rodney K. Rogers presenting the welcome remarks at the keynote luncheon

Dr. Susana Peña, Director, School of Cultural & Critical Studies, presenting at the keynote luncheon

Ana Brown, Interim Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs, presenting at the keynote luncheon

Undergraduate Student Award to winner Sadi Troche

Graduate Student Award to winner Cindy J. Toscano

Outstanding Graduate Student Award winner Cindy J. Toscano and Dr. Susana Peña, Director School of Cultural and Critical Studies

Outstanding Staff Award to winner Ana Brown

Outstanding Alumni Award to winner Esther Perez

Community at Large Award to winner Emily Aguilar

Dr. Miguel Ornelas Award to winner Camila Alejandra Piñero

Keynote speaker, poet and performer, Ariana Brown

Keynote speaker, poet and performer, Ariana Brown.

Keynote speaker, poet and performer, Ariana Brown

Dr. Miguel Ornelas Award winner Camila Alejandra Piñero watching the keynote performance of Ariana Brown

Keynote speaker, poet and performer, Ariana Brown

Mikayla Fitzpatrick at keynote performance of Ariana Brown

Keyonte’ (KJ) Ashford asking a question at the keynote performance of Ariana Brown

Dr. Francisco Cabanillas asking a question at the keynote performance of Ariana Brown

Kaden White asking a question at the keynote performance of Ariana Brown

Keynote speaker, poet and performer, Ariana Brown

Dr. Alexandra Green asking a question at the keynote performance of Ariana Brown

Alexis Ray, Alana Maldonado, Xavi Boes, Sadi Troche, and Amina El-Amin at the keynote performance of Ariana Brown

Outstanding Staff Award winner Ana Brown and Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award winner Sadi Troche

2019 Conference Photos Continued.

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Members of the Latino/a/x Issues Conference Organizing Committee during Fall 2018 planning meeting (from left to right): Emily Edwards, Taylor Lyndsey Abair, Dania Alvarado, Jade Hernandez, Dr. Luis Moreno, Trinidad Linares, Dr. Susana Peña, Megan Miner.

Keynote speaker Ariana Brown teaching writing workshop Radically Tender at BGSU’s Arts Village.

Outstanding Graduate Student Award winner Cindy J. Toscano at thematic panel on El Centro: Proposed New Center of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies at BGSU.

Prof. Amílcar Challú, Chair, Department of History, at thematic panel on El Centro: Proposed New Center of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies at BGSU.

We thank all the students, faculty, staff, community members, and visitors who engaged with our panelists throughout the day.

Taylor Balderas-Burciaga, Executive Director, Sofia Quintero Art and Cultural Center, at thematic panel on El Centro: Proposed New Center of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies at BGSU.

Thematic Panel, El Centro: Proposed New Center of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies at BGSU, with Moderator Prof. Susana Peña, Director, School of Cultural & Critical Studies, and Dean Raymond Craig, College of Arts & Sciences, Prof. Amílcar Challú, Chair, Department of History, Prof. Amy Robinson, Associate Professor, Spanish in World Languages and Cultures, Ana Brown, Interim Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Dania Alvarado, Undergraduate Student, Latino Student Union Member, Taylor Balderas-Burciaga, Executive Director, Sofia Quintero Art and Cultural Center, and Gabe Lomeli, Assistant Director of Diversity, Office of Admissions.

Prof. Amílcar Challú, Chair, Department of History, at thematic panel on El Centro: Proposed New Center of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies at BGSU.

Moderator Prof. Susana Peña, Director, School of Cultural & Critical Studies, at thematic panel on El Centro: Proposed New Center of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies at BGSU.

Rene Ayala presents on the Latinx Cultural Identity and Belonging panel.

Prof. Amy Robinson, Associate Professor, Spanish in World Languages and Cultures, at thematic panel on El Centro: Proposed New Center of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies at BGSU

Dr. Raymond Craig, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, at thematic panel on El Centro: Proposed New Center of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies at BGSU.

Taylor Balderas-Burciaga, Executive Director, Sofia Quintero Art and Cultural Center, Stephanie Serda, SMART Bilingual School, Prof. Susana Peña, Director, School of Cultural & Critical Studies, and Ana Brown, Interim Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs after the thematic panel on El Centro: Proposed New Center of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies at BGSU.

Members of the Latino/a/x Issues Conference Organizing Committee during Fall 2018 planning meeting (from left to right): Dr. Luis Moreno, Trinidad Linares, Dr. Susana Peña, Megan Miner, McKenna Freeman, Dr. Michaela Django Walsh, Emily Edwards, Taylor Lyndsey Abair, Dania Alvarado.

Dr. Michaela Django Walsh, Taylor Lyndsey Abair, keynote speaker Ariana Brown, Megan Miner, Dr. Susana Peña, and Trinidad Linares at evening dinner before the conference.

Gabe Lomeli, Assistant Director of Diversity, Office of Admissions, at thematic panel on El Centro: Proposed New Center of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies at BGSU.

Ana Brown, Interim Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs, at thematic panel on El Centro: Proposed New Center of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies at BGSU.

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Members of the Latino/a/x Issues Conference Organizing Committee during Fall 2018 planning meeting (from left to right): Emily Edwards, Taylor Lyndsey Abair, Dania Alvarado, Jade Hernandez, Dr. Luis Moreno, Trinidad Linares, Dr. Susana Peña, Megan Miner.