[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 166 (Friday, October 5, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO ROXANA DE LA RIVA

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                            HON. DARREN SOTO

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 5, 2018

  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Speaker, I want to honor Roxana de la Riva as a 
distinguished leader in Central Florida for Hispanic Heritage Month. 
Roxana de la Riva is a Mexican-American journalist covering information 
about Hispanic Community in Central Florida. She has over 18 years of 
experience in Hispanic journalism and professional writing. Recently, 
de la Riva returned to La Prensa, the oldest Hispanic Media in Central 
Florida, the outlet when she started her journalism career in the 
United States.
  De la Riva was recently a volunteer in the aftermath of Hurricane 
Maria, with CASA as Coordinator of Support Solidarity and Help, where 
she assisted distributing donation items and covering stories of the 
efforts. She is also a past member of AIPEH (The International 
Association of Hispanic Arts and Culture) a group of artists, poets and 
writers from Central Florida.
  De la Riva was a vocational training mentor in journalism for youth 
female students, whose parents are immigrants and part of the Hope 
Community Center.
  Although a reporter educated in traditional journalism, she has now 
adapted to the new way of mass communication and used her platform to 
reach a new audience through social media platforms.
  De la Riva was a freelance writer with El Sentinel for 7 years, where 
she wrote for the website El Sentinel.com as well as the print edition. 
During her time at El Sentinel, she covered and researched a wide range 
of issues and assignments pertaining to the Central Florida community.
  Prior to this experience of that she covered Breaking News for El Sol 
de la Florida. Most notably, she focused on the case of George 
Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin.
  Educated in Mexico City School of Journalism Carlos Septien Garcia, 
the first Mexican educational institution of journalism, de la Riva 
arrived in the United States in 2002 and has since made Central Florida 
home.

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