03/20/2024
Meet our Panelists!
🔹Alejandro Góngora is the founder of Corazón Folklórico DC, a nonprofit dance company with the mission to create art with people and showcase Mexico’s cultural diversity and history. Currently a member of The Kennedy Center Culture Caucus Social Impact program, Alejandro leads this company of 50+ members as a means to create community with corazón (heart).
🔹Christine is an investigative reporter, who has had a long career writing for large U.S. newspapers. She has also held investigative reporting and writing fellowships and authored the book, “Green, Inc.” In 2011, she cofounded the DC nonprofit organization, Hola Cultura. As Hola Cultura’s Executive Director, she leads the organization’s Storytelling Program for Experiential Learning (SPEL), a story lab that brings together high school and college interns and young adult fellows to produce articles, podcasts and special research projects published on the Hola Cultura’s website.
🔹(Chacana) Karen Morales-Chacana Chilean-born actress, artivist, dancer, writer, director, and DMV teaching artist, she holds degrees in acting and education. As a member of World Dance, GALA Hispanic Theater, and Synetic Theater companies, she has enjoyed a 16-year career in the DC area, participating in over 90 plays across various venues such as Fringe Festival, RAW, Kennedy Center, Imagination Stage, Teatro de la Luna, The In Series, Spotlight Communications, Theater J, Bossa, Dance Loft 14th, Electric Mind, and Dance Exchange.
