Acknowledgments
Words are not enough to express the deep gratitude we have for our first major Sponsor, The San Diego Union-Tribune. We reached out to Jeff Light, publisher and editor, in 2019. He immediately understood our multimedia online project and provided financial, promotional, and creative team support, including video backing and archival research. While these resources greatly helped with the production of San Diego Latino Legacy, it was his belief in the purpose of our project and the need to tell our stories that is immeasurable and will not be forgotten. Equally important are the six individuals who joined me to form the Latino Legacy Foundation. They have given much of their time during the past three years, providing their content expertise in the development of this multimedia project. All of them have excelled in their respective fields and have contributed to making our community a better place:
Joe Martinez Founding Board Member President/Principal, Martinez & Cutri
George Saldamando Founding Board Member Assistant Chief of Police (Ret.), San Diego Police Department
Maria Nieto Senour, Ph.D. Founding Board Member President, San Diego Community College District Board of Trustees
Richard Ybarra Founding Vice President CEO, Mission Neighborhood Centers, San Francisco
We also are grateful to the more than 100 collaborators who have contributed to and/or supported our project. You will meet many of them via their first-person storytelling. Our foundation board member, Dr. Senour, first introduced us to San Diego State University Chicano Studies professor Isidro Ortiz, Ph.D. He became our content facilitator and guided us through the development of the early era overviews and assembled our team of academic colleagues: • Luis Alvarez, Ph.D. – UC San Diego Associate Professor • Richard Griswold del Castillo, Ph.D. – SDSU Chicano Studies Professor Emeritus • Jimmy Patiño, Ph.D – University of Minnesota professor of Chicano History, & UC San Diego Aumnus • Michelle Tellez, Ph.D. – University of Arizona Associate Professor of Mexican /American Studies and member of the graduate faculty.
Ricardo Flores Founding Secretary/Treasurer Executive Director, LISC San Diego
Edward Lopez Founding Board Member SD Unified School District Board 1996 – 2004
Editor’s Note: Updated: April 2, 2024
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San Diego Latino Legacy – Timeline • Milestones • Stories
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