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For the past couple of months, LATISM has been working in collaboration with a group of Latina movers and shakers within our community in a campaign that includes, among other things, a Survey to study the Latina Blogosphere and a Social Fiesta at the BlogHer Conference in August. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, LATISM is now able to offer five additional scholarships to bring a group of Latina women bloggers from around the United States to the BlogHer ’10 Conference.
The submissions to apply for our scholarship poured in from around the Latina blogosphere – so many in fact, that our amazing Scholarship Selection Committee has had a very tough time trying to narrow it down to just five winners!
From the mother of five who started blogging in order to share her daily experiences with her family, to political and environmental bloggers and everything in between, EVERY SINGLE APPLICANT is worthy of a scholarship. The five selections below represent the submissions that garnered the most votes and support from our Latinas in Social Media committee, in a very transparent and democratic process.
Today, we are proud to announce the recipients of the Latinas in Social Media BlogHer Scholarship [in no particular order]:
DRUM ROLL, PLEASE AND CONGRATS TO ALL!!
Winner: Liz Cerezo
Blog[s]: Thoughts of a Mommy (TOAM), Disneylandia al Día (D.a.D)
TOAM is a blog in Spanglish showcasing an array of giveaways, product reviews, and recipes with a Latina twist. Disneylandia al Día is the only blog in Spanish about Disneyland in California.
Winner: Janis Casares
Blog[s]: Sneak Peek At Me
Janice uses her role as a special needs mom to bring awareness and advocacy to parents/children with special (or medical) needs.
Winner: Maegan “la Mamita Mala” Ortiz
Blog[s]: Vivirlatino
A daily site, completely mujer-owned and written on Latino politics & culture from a radical perspective
Winner: Blanca Stella
Blog[s]: Mi Caminar
A blog about motivation, inner peace, inspiration and faith
Winner: Dariela Cruz
Blog[s]: Mami Talks
Dariela writes about anything related to family, life, whatever inspires her as a mom/woman/designer/latina as viewed through her camera lens, her bi-cultural family and her design point of view.
Scholarship Winners Will Receive [Estimated value: $800]
- A Full-pass conference ticket
- A hotel room shared with another Bloguera
- Partial cover of flight ticket
- Access to Conference sessions and networking parties, including our very own Social Fiesta on Thursday August 5, 2010
Criteria to win the scholarship were:
- Must be a Latina
- Must be a Blogger
- Must be over 18 yrs. old
- Must be a U.S. blogger
- Blog must be at least 6 months old with over 75 posts
- We also looked at factors like geographic representation, blog topic and seniority
The Process and Follow-Up:
We received a total of 33 applications to our Latinas in Social Media Scholarship. All applicants’ information was compiled, reviewed and voted on by our Scholarship Selection Committee. All votes were then discussed and tallied. Winners were selected by amount of votes from each of the committee members.
Because we believe every single applicant on that list deserves a scholarship, we have decided to take steps into getting the applications fulfilled via additional donations and other tactics. We will reveal our plan of action to help bring the rest of our non-winning applicants in a separate communication, so stay tuned.
LATISM is keeping the roster of applicants and the remaining, non-winning applicants will be given priority by order of votes. A full list is available upon request. To obtain the full tally of votes, to inquire about your standing in particular, or if you’re interested in helping more Latinas to take advantage of this learning opportunity, please contact Elianne Ramos at elianne@latism.org
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
From the whole MEXIPINO clan…. MIL GRACIAS!!!
felicidades a todas!
Congrats to the winners!
So happy for all of you, chicas!! You all deserve it soooooo much!! We will keep on working to help even more Blogueras to get to BlogHer. Stay Tuned and congrats again!
Congratulations everyone!
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to the women selected! I know you all will make the most of your time at the conference.
Thank you..Thank you..Thank you..from the bottom of my heart..I am really touched, humbled and honored. I love Latism!!!
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Wooooohoooo! Thank you for this amazing opportunity to not only meet my favorite Latina bloggers, but also some amazing special needs bloggers. All under one roof!!!
Very excited to be attending. Thank you for the opportunity and bienvenidos a NY
wOw! I missed the official announcement but it’s never to late to congratulate all the winners, bloguera friends, and LATISM committee members for their great work! I will see you at the Social Fiesta!
Wow!! Congrats! I wish I would have known about this. Why didn’t I know about this. I’m happy for you ladies! Now, I REALLY want to go!
Elianne, Great choices! I made a point to visit, read, and tweet about each of the winners but the link for Mami Talks does not work… thought you should know. Reina
Congrats to everyone! Hope to see you in NYC.
Felicidades
Que penita, para la proxima
COngratulations to the winners!
Congratulations to everyone who won! I missed the entry but more than anything, i would like to go to the BlogHer conference and meet some of you. I’ll be on the lookout for announcements.