about the project
Gracias a La Vida: Latina Voices is a Girl Scout Gold Award created to empower the Latinx community within my hometown neighborhood of South Pasadena in the hopes to celebrate Latinx culture. Through conducting various interviews, I have written down the oral histories and biographical life stories of these beautiful, bold and strong Latinas.
what is a Gold Award Project?
The Gold Award is the highest achievement one can obtain as an Ambassador Girl Scout. The service project entails at least 80 hours of time invested, along with a counsel committee approval and support from community partners. The project is meant to tackle an issue in one’s community, develop a plan, and implement a team to create sustaining and lasting change.
why this?
Gracias a la Vida is a photographic oral history project celebrating Latina voices in my community of South Pasadena. Gracias a la Vida is meant to raise awareness and highlight the amazing contributions of the Latinx community in my city
who am I?
Solana Cordon is a proud first generation Latina, with roots from Guatemala. She is an Ambassador Girl Scout and the creator of Gracias a la Vida: Latina Voices (of South Pasadena). Solana has been a Girl Scout since she was in kindergarten as a young Daisy. As of now, Solana is 18, and currently attends Emerson College’s Global Film program at Paris College of Art, passionately pursuing down a path within film & screenwriting.