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 | | | | Sep 07, 2010 - 04:57 PM | |  |  | |  |  Topic: MariposaThe new items published under this topic are as follows. | Announcements: Mariposa wrote this for MPS website | "I spent the month of July at Porter’s working as an intern for the project Act Like You Care, directed by MPS photography teacher, Marlo Marrero. This project brought girls from the greater Hartford community and students from Miss Porter’s together to learn about community activism and photography. These are two things that I want to incorporate into my future career, so this internship was a perfect fit for me. Being back in CT and at Porter's was definitely an eye-opening experience for me. After I graduated I never thought I would return to Porter's but two years later I am back. Not until after I graduated did I realize how Porter's helped and changed me and working as an intern gave me an opportunity to share with others girls what I learned. Reflecting on this past month I realize that not only did the girls learn from me, but I learned a lot about them, too. I not only learned new dances and all the words to every song played on 93.7, but they also shared their passions, their realities and their dreams with me. I got so much pleasure waking up each morning knowing that I would be working with such a great group of girls. This project also gave us the opportunity to get out into the greater Hartford community and meet people doing wonderful things for their towns and cities. I felt a special connection to the community of Hartford because it is such a small s truggling city, but it has potential to be really great. The city is rich in diversity and culture and I believe that the MPS community and Hartford will benefit by becoming more involved with each other. I was also inspired by all the people who selflessly commit their time to improving their communities. I was so impressed, not only because these people give back to their community but they are so passionate about what they do. In between teaching a student how to use her camera, meeting Ed Johnetta Miller and Ronald Fernandez and eating beef patties with coco bread, I discovered that my passion for photography, community activism, and children will lead me back to CT where I started. "
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| My Hero: Ronald Fernandez by Mariposa |  The person I chose for my hero is Ronald Fernandez who is a professor at CCSU. He is the Director for the Center for Caribbean & Latin American Studies as well as the Coordinator of the International Studies curriculum. He also writes a monthly column for The Hartford Courant. He has written a number of books about the history and culture of Puerto Rico. I chose him as my hero because he has devoted himself to helping the Latino community in CT. He is very involved in community organizing on a business level. He wants people in the area to become more aware of the resources and businesses that are Latino owned. When I asked him how he felt about his photo appearing on the side of a CT Transit bus he replied, "If it in any way can help make people more aware of the Latino community I want my photo on the bus."
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