HITN Honors Rita Moreno and Four Other Puerto Rican Trailblazers at Hunter College Ceremony
On November 13, HITN MEDIA honored five Puerto Rican trailblazers at a ceremony held at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro) at Hunter College in Manhattan, with the announcement released on November 14.
The first honoree is actress Rita Moreno, whose career spans more than eight decades. She has won an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award, and is a Kennedy Center Honoree.
Journalist Juan González was also honored. A co-host of Democracy Now! since 1996, he is a two-time winner of the George Polk Award.
Diplomat Mari Carmen Aponte, a former United States ambassador to El Salvador and to Panama, received the honor as well. Actor and filmmaker Jacobo Morales was recognized; his film Lo que le pasó a Santiago was the first Puerto Rican production nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
The fifth honoree, recognized posthumously, is educator Antonia Pantoja, who founded ASPIRA in 1961 and was the first Puerto Rican woman to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Five short films about the honorees premiered at the ceremony. The Emmy-winning honors series is in its fifth year. HITN president and CEO Michael D. Nieves attended the event; the network reaches more than 35 million homes.
Source: HITN MEDIA
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