On Thursday March 4, Saint Martin hosted a luncheon for leaders of the Latino community. In attendance were Diana Centeno-Gomez of NASA Glenn Research Center, Carlos Chinchilla of the Hispanic Alliance, Magda Gomez of Cuyahoga County’s Office of Early Childhood, Jessica Gonzalez and Victor Ruiz of Esperanza, Cathalina Gutierrez of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, and Luis Martinez, who is Project Director for the City of Cleveland. Ms. Santiago, a parent of one of our students, prepared a delectable meal of arroz con habichuelas, pastelon de amarillos, biftec encebollado, ensalada, and flan de queso to celebrate this gathering. This event was an opportunity for our Heritage Spanish class and teacher Claudia Botoulas to lead a presentation of the projects they have participated in this year. Among those students were:
Teresa Arteaga
Angel Caban
Christine Cruz
Nicole Diaz
Jason Medrano
Michael Medrano
Heiry Perez
Kiara Perez
Loreann Santiago
The luncheon provided an opportunity to share the mission of Saint Martin with important Cleveland leaders and strengthen our partnership with the Latino community. The outpouring of support from our guests was incredible and greatly appreciated. Mr. Chinchilla talked about the importance of building and maintaining relationships and Mr. Martinez emailed after the event to let us know that “Your Heritage Spanish Program should be emulated for the public good!”
The Saint Martin de Porres High School Community heartily thanks our guests and looks forward to future collaboration!
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