Betina Garcia
Photojournalist Betina Garcia
Copenhagen, Denmark
Betina Garcia is based in Copenhagen, Denmark where she works full-time as a freelancer available for photo and video assignments. She primarily does editorial work for daily newspapers and magazines as well as commercial work. She spends time on personal projects documenting issues of cultural identity, immigration and gender identity.
2016 - Award of Excellence in the Portfolio category , 2016 - Award of Excellence in the Documentary category, 2016 - Eddie Adams Student, 2014 - Award of Excellence in the Feature category, 2014 - 3rd Plaze in the Portrait category, 2017 - Hearst Journalism Award - Multimedia News
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Rancheros
Betina Garcia
On Saturday September 26, 2015 Marcos cousin Elisa Yamileth is having her Quinceañera, which is a Mexican tradition for celebrating a 15th birthday. Yamileth is being taking to the church in a horse carriage in Bowling Green, Ky where the family will gather for a ceremony. Her cousin Paco makes a selfie or her and her cousin. In the back her uncle Juan Barillas and two friends of the family got their horses dressed up so they could do a parade. In Mexico the quinceañera is considered the moment a young girl enters womenhood.
Rancheros
Betina Garcia
The Hispanic invasion is coming from within. Nayda Espinoza, 12, who is half Guatemalan and Mexican is born and raised in the U.S. She's a daughter of illegal immigrants. She represents a generation of Hispanics, the biggest and youngest minority group in the States currently counting 57 million people (2015). Never before in the history of America has a minority ethnic group made up such a large share of the youth in America. One-in-five schoolchildren are Hispanic and every fourth child born is Hispanic according to Pew Research Center.
This is a part of a long-termed project that focuses on the Hispanic youth through the eyes of the Barrillas and Espinoza families that settled down at a ranch in Bowling Green, Kentucky on the other side of the train tracks. They live like true rancheros – the Latin American version of an American cowboy – and keep their Latin traditions alive.
Rancheros
Betina Garcia
The Hispanic invasion is coming from within. Marcos Espinoza, 17, who is half Guatemalan and Mexican is born and raised in the U.S. He’s a son of illegal immigrants. He represents a generation of Hispanics, the biggest and youngest minority group in the States currently counting 57 million people (2015). Never before in the history of America has a minority ethnic group made up such a large share of the youth in America. One-in-five schoolchildren are Hispanic and every fourth child born is Hispanic according to Pew Research Center.
This is a part of a long-termed project that focuses on the Hispanic youth through the eyes of the Barrillas and Espinoza families that settled down at a ranch in Bowling Green, Kentucky on the other side of the train tracks. They live like true rancheros – the Latin American version of an American cowboy – and keep their Latin traditions alive.