FIRST-TIME ENTRANT — Jesse Serna, right, takes a look at Margarito Andrade’s 1963 Chevy Impala during the car show at the Hispanic Heritage Month kickoff Sept. 24 at Steve Schiff Auditorium. His first time entering the show, Andrade won the People’s Choice Award. Ten other vehicles were shown at the event.
Sandia’s Hispanic Outreach for Leadership and Awareness employee resource group invited all members of the workforce to attend its kickoff of Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 24 at Steve Schiff Auditorium. Steady rain in the days leading up to the event threatened to limit some of the day’s activities, but the skies cleared and the program went off without a hitch.
¡HOLA! — Hispanic Outreach for Leadership and Awareness Executive Champion Rita Gonzales addressed attendees at the Sept. 24 kickoff event at the auditorium, which featured the annual car show, food trucks, submissions to the Youth STEM Art Contest, and music from the Sandia Singers and DJ Matt Martinez. The Thunderbird Café also offered lunch for preorder and prepared a special dish in the cafeteria each week of Hispanic Heritage Month.SUITED UP TO WIN — Mark Dodd’s 1949 Bentley scored the Committee’s Choice Award. He guesses the car has 156,000 miles on the odometer.
CRUISING TO VICTORY — Jerome Mills took home the Director’s Award for his 1972 Chevy C10. The award is granted by members of the Hispanic Outreach for Leadership and Awareness director support team including HOLA Executive Champion Rita Gonzales and HOLA Director Council members Reno Sanchez, Lorenzo Gutierrez and Rafael Gonzalez.SLICK RIDE — Margarito Andrade’s 1963 Chevy Impala took home the People’s Choice Award on Sept. 24. This year’s Hispanic Heritage Month theme was “Unidos, Somos Mas. Together, We Are More.”
