Wiki article draft: Cassandra Giraldo

Cassandra Giraldo (Born May 4, 1989) is a Latina Freelance Photojournalist / Documentary Cinematographer & Producer originally from Los Angeles, CA, currently based in Brooklyn, New York.

Biography (or Early Life and Education)

Cassandra Giraldo is an award-winning photojournalist and an  associate producer at VICE News Tonight on HBO.  In addition her work as photojournalist and documentary filmmaker has been featured in publication like : The Wall Street Journal ,The New York Times, NPR, TIME, New York Magazine, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, ESPN, The Brooklyn Paper and Slate. Her work has been exhibited internationally by a range of photography organizations including Getty Images and American Photography.

Education:

• M.S. in Investigative Journalism, Columbia University Journalism School. 
• Photojournalism & Documentary Studies Program, International Center of Photography. 
• BA International Affairs & French, Skidmore College. Magna Cum Laude, Departmental Honors in International Affairs & French, Phi Beta Kappa, Periclean Honors Society 

Art  (or Notable Works or Selected Works. Also Exhibitions, Projects, Collections)

• “Delivering babies — and saving lives — in Puerto Rico after Maria” (2017) Vice News (1)
• "The GentlePunks, 555 Gallery, South Boston: In her series “The Gentle Punks”, Cassandra Giraldo follows a group of teenage punks from St. Petersburg, Russia as they roam one step ahead of a police state that treats them as criminal(2)
• The After School Project:  An Instagram-based series that examines how today’s urban youth spend their time away from the authority of their parents and teachers. The project offers a glimpse into how adolescents act unabashedly themselves, pretending to be grown-ups, despite the complicated, and sometimes, unequal social and educational systems they must navigate. The project was recognised as an exceptional finalist in the inaugural Getty Images Instagram Grant in 2015.(3)
• Chutanacuy: photo documentary of a small town in Ollantaytambo located in Peru’s Sacred Valley highlighting the local traditions performed in honor of carnival.  Chutanacuy is a tradition where teams complete a tug-of-war to determine who will harvest the tree of gifts at the edge of town. (4)
• The Zorrilla: Brooklyn's Baseball Oasis :Hispanic roots run deep in a Brooklyn baseball league (5)

Awards

• 2016 Chosen Winner, American Photography 32: Photograph of the Brooklyn Tech Engineers high school football team from the series "The After School Project.” (6)
• 2016 Finalist, Lucie Emerging Scholarship (7)
• 2015: Exceptional finalist in Getty Images inaugural Instagram grant (8)
• National Press Photographers 2016 Bob Baxter Scholarship Winner (9)
•  Named one of 30 Under 30 Women Photographers by Photo Boite in 2016. (10)

References

1) ^ https://www.vice.com/en/article/j5dd74/delivering-babies-and-saving-lives-in-puerto-rico-after-maria

2)  ^ https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/cultural-divide-at-555-gallery/

3)  ^ https://phmuseum.com/news/the-after-school-project-by-cassandra-giraldo

4) ^ http://www.cassandragiraldo.com/chutanacuy

5) ^  http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/24675114/hispanic-roots-run-deep-brooklyn-baseball-league-which-prepares-prospects-values-veteran-players

6) ^ https://www.ai-ap.com/slideshow/AP/32/cassandra-giraldo/

7) ^  http://www.luciefoundation.org/cassandra-giraldo-the-after-school-project/

8) ^ http://press.gettyimages.com/getty-images-in-collaboration-with-instagram-announces-inaugural-instagram-grant-recipients/

9) ^ https://nppf.org/scholarship-winners/2016-winners/cassandra-giraldo/

10) ^ https://artpil.com/cassandra-giraldo/

Further reading

• 10 Latino Photographers Documenting Underrepresented Communities by Christina Noriega (August 2018) https://remezcla.com/lists/culture/latino-photographer-underrepresented-communities/

External links

1) Artist website :www.cassandragiraldo.com

2) Artist’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassandra-giraldo-66656a32/

3) Artist’s instagram:@cassandra giraldo

4) “The After School Project” instagram:@theafterschoolproject