The Wyoming Military celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Wyoming Information Now) – Army members at F.E.Warren had a fiesta at this time to have a good time Hispanic Heritage Month.

The occasion was not solely to acknowledge the range service members carry to our army however to Wyoming as nicely.

On Friday, F.E. Warren army members celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with a fiesta on the Trails Finish Occasion Heart.

The occasion was months within the making and took 15 to twenty service members to prepare say officers.

”For me to be a grasp sergent within the airforce and to signify my household ‚means quite a bit. So to have the ability to share my tradition together with different cultures, you realize, the airforce has given me so many alternatives to be taught from so many cultures, so for me, its actually necessary,and it makes me very emotional.” MSgt. Victoria Monzon Paramore, Flight SuperIntendent- Sustainment Providers.

As soon as service members heard of the festivity, extra needed to take part and convey dishes from their Hispanic cultures.

The nations represented by the meals introduced by service members have been from Mexico, Columbia, Venezuela, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Cuban American army member Brandynne Cintaro is grateful.

Bc:-” To have the ability to share that tradition with my friends and with the group is simply very particular to me. It makes me really feel grateful as an american that we have now this variety and that we are able to be taught from one another and have a good time one another,” mentioned Capt. Brandynne Cintaro, Part Commander, ninetieth Missile Safety Forces Squadron.

In correct Hispanic and Latino vogue, meals, music, dancing, household and mates marked the event.

The visitor speaker included Neighborhood Advocate Anne Esquivel- Redman, who spoke about her experiences rising up as a Latina in Wyoming.

In addition to her struggles with discrimination and discovering her place in our group.

“Cultural variety and studying about the place individuals got here from and the way they have a good time their tradition is an academic course of,” mentioned Esquivel- Redman. “I hope that they be taught extra in regards to the tradition and the individuals and really feel welcome right here.”

Whether or not from Eire, Cuba or West Africa, all of us come collectively as a rustic in our shared immigrant expertise.

“I simply hope that everyone walks away with a change of coronary heart and extra accepting of various cultures. Simply making an attempt to see the nice in each totally different tradition as a result of we’re all totally different, and we have now one thing to carry to the desk.,” mentioned Ousmane Beogo, NCOIC- ESS- ninetieth Missile Safety Forces Squadron.

The visitor speaker Esquivel-Redman additionally mentioned in her speech, “By no means let another person outline who you’re and what you possibly can grow to be.”

That American Dream sentiment is why we as a complete group have a good time this month.

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