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Join us as we celebrate our traditions through folk dances and live music. Artists from Mexico, Central and South America will perform flaunting their indigenous costumes.
Our Mission
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LAREXPO's mission is to empower a vibrant community of Latin American artisans and entrepreneurs by creating a space where they can showcase their work when engaging the public, inspiring appreciation of their cultural heritage. Our artisans have pledged to maintain high quality standards in their work while conserving the sustainability of the economy, the society and the environment.
Exhibitors
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Exhibitors
LAREXPO is the main artisan fair in the City of Manassas. Artisans are selected for their enthusiasm to promote the conservation of their countries´ traditional crafts while preserving high levels of workmanship. Entrepreneurs attend this Event to link with the community, providing helpful information, advice and support as a benefit to our Visitors.
2023 Partners
2023 sponsors
orgullo latino award recognition
Silvana Quiroz
Silvana Quiroz
Silvana Quiroz
Silvana Quiroz, originally from Bolivia, is a three-time Emmy Award-winning producer , founder and news director of Zoom Latino, a news platform and multimedia production company. She also serves as communications director of SQuiroz Communications, a marketing and communications agency.
Started her career in television at only 10 years old, following as host and producer for multiple shows in her natal Bolivia and in the United States. Silvana comes from a journalism background with over 20 years of trajectory, working as a reporter, anchor, and executive producer for Univision, as News Director at Telemundo ZGS radio, and as a reporter for Telemundo 44 in Washington, DC.
Founded in 2016, Silvana’s Zoom Latino was recognized as the first digital platform to win an Emmy Award in the National Capital Chapter and the only one of it’s kind to hold 3 Emmy Awards, ever since.
Kenia Basilis
Silvana Quiroz
Silvana Quiroz
Kenia Basilis is a former international journalist and producer. She has written and produced hundreds of commercials that have been aired on national and international stations since 1997. She is current CEO of advertising and marketing agency Basilis Empire, the link to the Hispanic community.
Rafael Lazo
Silvana Quiroz
Rafael Lazo
Rafael Lazo, Fundador y editor de El Imparcial News, enero 1994
Originario de El Sauce, departamento de La Unión, El Salvador, 24 octubre, 1959
-Licenciado en Periodismo: en la Universidad de El Salvador (diciembre de 1993).
-Estudios en Ciencias Jurídicas, Universidad de El Salvador y Francisco Gavidia
-Diversos premios y reconocimientos periodísticos recibidos en El Salvador, México y Estados
Unidos, destacados entre ellos:
- Primer Lugar (Medalla de Oro) en fotografía en evento a nivel latinoamericano promovido por
el Club Primera Plana (México junio 1988)
- Segundo lugar en redacción periodística, premio otorgado por el Arzobispado de San Salvador
(junio 1992).
-Redactor del año Asociación de Periodistas de El Salvador (1994).
-Medios donde ha laborado: -La Noticia, La Prensa Gráfica, Diario El Mundo, Semanario 7 Días.
-Varias capacitaciones en periodismo judicial, económico y político, en El Salvador y otros
países.
- Fundador y editor de otros periódicos y revistas culturales en El Salvador
- Fundador y editor de periódico El Deportivo, Manassas, Virginia, 2001
Community Area Sponsored by De MI PUEBLO
De Mi Pueblo recognizes the Latino Community in the City of Manassas and surrounding areas for its support to its growth and development.