Reyna Grande Award Winner Selected for Film Festivals

Viviana Raker, a 2024 Reyna Grande Scholarship recipient, has been selected to screen her short film, El Rancho de Pasión, at the Watsonville Film Festival. This is her first film and it has the honor of being a Latina written film, with an All Latina Directing Team, Latina Led Producing Team, and Latina Led Production Design. In addition to  being an all Spanish film, with an original score including a collaboration with the student-led mariachi band "Mariachi Eterno". The film has also been accepted to the Wolverine Con International Student Film Festival in San Bernardino, CA. Viviana will post information about tickets and other festival screenings on Instagram @lavida_productions.  El Rancho de Pasión is emblematic of the kind of creative projects that advance the standing and visibility of Latinx culture and history that the Reyna Grande Scholarship was created to support. More information about the Reyna Grande Scholarship and past recipients can be found here.