CITF Awards Ceremony

"Three high school students who participated in the Presente program created the award-winning Presente News program on video. "The video, made during the 2001 Presente workshop, won first place in the best TV news program category of the CITF Youth Film & Video Festival 2002.

"Pictured at the awards ceremony, held in Chicago Cultural Center on April 2002, are, from left to right, Raquel Viramontes Saab of Holy Trinity H.S., Irma Arriola of Eisenhower High School, Rich Moskal of the city of Chicago Film Office, Maria Arriola (Irma's sister) of Eisenhower High, and Luis Estrada of Eisenhower High. "This is the second time that a Presente News video took the top award in the 7-year-old competition."