Centro Cultural in Cornelius is an organization that serves the needs of recent immigrants to Washington County. It provides education and empowerment programs such as English as a Second Language, Spanish Literacy, Computer Technology, Cultural Values, Leadership Training and community organizing, Information and Referrals.
Centro Cultural has contributed hundred of photographs of celebrations and gatherings of Washington County's Latino community, as well as pictures of migrant farm workers and others served by the organization.
Based on the notation of the slide frame, this portrait appears to be a photograph of a young woman named Kirstin, taken in her garden outside of an apartment building.
Five young girls in traditional Mexican clothing. The girl in the middle is wearing a sombrero, and the three girls in back are wearing rebozos, or traditional scarfs.
Children, dressed in a style that is traditionally associated with the Mexican state of Veracruz, dancing in a circle in the main hall of Centro Cultural's community center.
Portrait of a young woman and her family, photographed on her Quinceañera, the coming of age celebration in Latino cultures for fifteen year-old girls. Traditionally girls wear pink and wear a crown of flowers as symbols of their purity. Photograph likely taken inside St. Alexander Catholic Church.
A young woman kneeling before a Catholic Priest during her Quinceañera, the coming of age celebration in Latino cultures for fifteen year-old girls. Traditionally girls wear pink and wear a crown of flowers as symbols of their purity. Photograph likely taken inside St. Alexander Catholic Church.
Children dancing the main hall of Centro Cultural's community center. They are dressed in a style that is traditionally associated with the Mexican state of Veracruz.
