Saturday was our fun day, we went hiking, had a pool party and big final dinner with special guests.
Thank you:
We want to thank the mothers and children at Nuevo Amanecer for their generosity in feedback and for gamely testing out the projects. Thank you to NuVu students Sam Bortman, Oliver Geller, Seth Isaacson, Alea Laidlaw, Devin Lewtan, Amit Nir, Stefano Pagani and Noah Saldaña for designing and fabricating such interesting, relevant and thoughtful projects. You are awesome. Thank you to Saba Ghole, Saeed Arida and David Wang for founding NuVu and making it a place where trips like this can happen. To Andrew Marcus at NuVu, thank you for being such an awesome coach and for giving such great feedback on Arte Para Todos and the Wheelchair. To Dr. Consuelo Ibarra and Lili Navarro at Nuevo Amanecer, the work you do is amazing, we think the world of you, thank you for your generosity and for opening up Nuevo Amanecer to our students. To Erica Ibarra, thank you for taking us on such a wonderful hike! To the industrial design students at Monterrey Tec, and shop managers Roberto and Alberto, you are amazing, thank you for your teaching, energy and guidance. To Mar Zavala for documenting the trip in beautiful photographs and video. To Nico Navarro, thank you for spending the week with us, for translating, helping with projects and gathering supplies. To Valeria Loera, Gerardo Muniz, Rodolfo Barragan, thank you for paving the way at Monterrey Tec for a successful week, we could not have done this without the support of the Industrial Design Department. To Laura Martinez for not only coordinating the industrial design students, but also organizing key aspects of our trip and for spending many lunches, dinners and full days with us. To the Hiatt Center at Beaver Country Day and to the staff at Beaver Country Day, thank you for putting your full support behind this trip. Thank you to the Navarro family for Saturday's wonderful party. And last but not least, thank you to Javier Leal of Mas Libertad Menos Barreras, this studio would not have existed with you, you are the glue holding us together, thank you for your kindness, dedication and generosity.
Key Organizations:
Hiatt Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement at Beaver Country Day
Instituto Nuevo Amanecer
Mas Libertad Menos Barreras
Monterrey Institute of Technology (Also referred to as ISTEM, Tec., Monterrey Tec)