Bill Text: TX HR1712 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Gabriela Kane Guardia on her appointment as interim executive director of Latinitas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-25 - Reported enrolled [HR1712 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1712-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1712 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Gabriela Kane Guardia has been named interim | ||
| executive director of Latinitas, a nonprofit organization | ||
| dedicated to empowering girls through access to media and | ||
| technology education; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Guardia earned her bachelor's degree in | ||
| international studies and Spanish from Texas A&M University and her | ||
| master's degree in Latin American studies from The University of | ||
| Texas at Austin, where she also took part in the Portfolio in Arts | ||
| and Cultural Management and Entrepreneurship certification program | ||
| through the UT College of Fine Arts and the LBJ School of Public | ||
| Affairs; along the way, she conducted fieldwork and research in the | ||
| areas of Chilean cultural policy and Indigenous representation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dedicated to promoting culturally specific STEAM | ||
| education, Ms. Guardia has helped further the mission of Latinitas | ||
| through her work as the organization's development and engagement | ||
| director; she previously served as an intern for Texans for the Arts | ||
| during the 86th Texas Legislature and as deputy director of Texas | ||
| Folklife, and she managed SEAD Gallery in downtown Bryan; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Guardia currently serves on the board of Austin | ||
| Emerging Arts Leaders and on the advisory council of the Innovation | ||
| Collaborative; in 2021, she was accepted into the cohort of the | ||
| prestigious National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures | ||
| Leadership Institute; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through out her career, Gabriela Guardia has | ||
| championed cultural diversity and educational opportunity, and the | ||
| passion, energy, and vision that she brings to her new role as | ||
| interim executive director are certain to greatly benefit Latinitas | ||
| and the young women it serves; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Gabriela Kane Guardia on her | ||
| appointment as interim executive director of Latinitas and extend | ||
| to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Guardia as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Flores | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1712 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 25, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
