Diego Velázquez

Being the first generation of my family to graduate from high school and attend college has been one of my major goals throughout my life. I was born on September 21, 1992 in Mexico City but raised in San Diego since the age of four. My mother was only sixteen years old when she had me raising me as a single mother, my mom has sacrificed her life to put a roof over my head. My childhood has not been easy, since I was a little girl I had to face many obstacles that has shaped me to become the…

Pre-Visit Experience Goal Arriving in San Diego the prospective customer was hoping to organize a casual dinner for a group of twelve college students. Without much knowledge of the city the customer wished to find a convenient, affordable option which would contribute positively to the experience of all parties included. Not looking for a tourist-attraction or a chain restaurant, the options were limited to favorite local establishments within downtown San Diego. Ideally the restaurant would…

AGENCY DESCRIPTION The San Diego hope for humanity (SDHH) mission is to provide underprivileged children, youths, adults, homeless, runaway, and foster youths the support to San Diego County. The San Diego hope for humanity was founded in August, 2004. - 2004: Established case management, homeless feeding, supply services, - 2005: Added after-special event program. - 2007: Developed partnership with the other nonprofit organizations and establish community services program - 2008: Created…

The Couple in the cage was a performance, filmed into a documentary of artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Coco Fusco. Guillermo Gómez-Peña is a Mexican–American performance and installation artist and writer, as well as an activist and educator. His works revolves around the issue of the north–south border and US–Mexican interactions. Gómez-Peña is deemed as a pioneer of performance art, experimental radio, video and installation art. His works often involve dense texts, a collaboration with…

with arts forever. During her life she was an activist of the Mexican Communist Party and was married with a famous Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. He played one of the most important roles in her life. On day Frida would say: “There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley (Author´s note: referring to the accident), and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst.” Frida’s as well as Hieronymus Bosch’s art are often associated with genre of the surrealism. Clearly, the…

Revolution. In 1922, Frida is one of the few women admitted to a prestigious National Preparatory school in Mexico City to study medicine. (Souter) While she studied there, Frida met with many political activists, such as the Cachets, and artists, such as Diego Rivera. (Friedman) Unfortunately for Frida, she was a woman who had a life filled with many unfortunate events. On September 17, 1925, She was on her way to school when…

other hand, reflects a completely industrialized country that Kahlo may view as a place of labor only, where she feels trapped. In this painting, Kahlo seems to explore her true place in the world. She resides in the United States with her husband, Diego, at the time, but her heart belongs to her birth country, Mexico (Public Broadcasting Services…

Trolley History The San Diego Trolley began as a result of a natural disaster that hit the area in September 1976. Tropical Storm Kathleen destroyed parts of Southern Pacific's railroad line connecting San Diego with Arizona, therefore making San Diego an isolated portion of their rail system. Instead of repairing the damaged line, Southern Pacific asked for abandonment of the line at the same time mass transit planning studies were occurring in San Diego. This led to San Diego successfully…

Her father was a German descendent and photographer. At the age of six she was stricken with polio, which caused her to limp after recovery. Frida attended the renowned National Preparatory School in Mexico where she met a famous muralist named Diego Rivera. She was one of the few female students to attend the school. On September 17, 1925, Frida and her boyfriend Gómez Arias were riding on a bus when it hit a streetcar. As a result of the crash, she was impaled by a steel handrail, which went…

Diego Rivera created his “own language”-the visual language-to be able to showcase the complex history that Mexico underwent during the multiple battles. In 1520 Spanish had conquest of the Aztecs, 1810 Mexico fought for their independence from Spain--this war took about 11 years, 1857 the land loss, 1910 Mexican Revolution (Lecture April 17). These battles made Mexico’s nation fall apart, led to government instability, and loss of identity which is why Rivera would create murals of these…