Latino Heritage Month Celebration

For Latino Heritage month, seniors Fernando C. ‘21, Edgar S. ‘21, and Christian S. ‘21 created a video in Corona Plaza to demonstrate the diverse cultures in New York City. Watch their video below as well as their thoughts on the importance of filming it.

Edgar S. ’21 and Fernando C. ’21 tour Corona Plaza, October 2020. (Photo: Christian S. ’21)

Edgar S. ’21: 

Last year, we presented a small assembly for Latino Heritage Month where we went over notable Latino figures in a presentation about Latino culture. This year, Fernando, Christian, and I decided to go to Corona Plaza and observe the community of diverse nationalities of Central and South America. It was perfect because not only was it a Latino community, but a Latino community within New York that anyone could visit. 

I am most proud of being able to organize events like this with the rest of the club, and I am proud to be a part of the Latino community at Browning. I believe that we are giving the younger guys the opportunity to step up and take more leadership and meaningful roles in the community. As for the broader community, we are showing that a simple video of three friends enjoying food in Corona Plaza is enough to show our pride in our culture and to detail parts of it to others. 

Fernando C. ’21:

From the day I joined Browning in the ninth grade, I was involved in multiple extracurricular activities. As a kid coming from a public school in the Bronx, I wanted to break boundaries within the community. I firmly believed that if I was able to create a change within the Browning community, coming from where I come from, then it would set an example for other kids like me that they can create a change too. Creating this video is just one way to do that. 

I hope that our work within the Browning community and the Interschool makes the new generation of Browning boys know that they have the power to create a positive change in anything they’re passionate about.