WHO:
ABC news anchor/reporter John Quiñones will discuss Latino issues, leadership, and personal empowerment as part of the San Antonio College’s Fine Arts and Cultural Events Series (FACES).
His book, “Heroes Among Us: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Choices” was published in January.
Free and open to the public.
WHEN:
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
7 p.m. public speech with audience Q&A
(Doors open at 6 p.m. Limited seating - on first-come, first-served basis)
WHERE:
San Antonio College
1300 San Pedro Ave., 78212
McAllister Fine Arts Center – Auditorium (corner of San Pedro and Courtland)
EVENT CONTACT:
Martha Castro
(210) 486-0901
mcastro@alamo.edu
BACKGROUND:
John Quiñones was born and raised in San Antonio. At 14, he became a migrant worker with his family picking fruit and vegetables in Ohio. He graduated from Brackenridge High School and attended San Antonio College from 1972-74. He graduated from St. Mary’s University and later earned a master’s degree from Columbia School of Journalism in New York.
Quiñones joined ABC in 1982. He has served as a correspondent for ABC’s “Downtown,” “Primetime,” “20/20” and is currently the host for the occasional TV series “What Would You Do?”
Quiñones has won six national Emmy Awards for his work. He was awarded an Emmy for his coverage of the Congo's virgin rainforest, which also won the Ark Trust Wildlife Award.
Quiñones has also been honored with a World Hunger Media Award and a Citation from the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards for "To Save the Children," his 1990 report on the homeless children of Bogota.
