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www.desertoutreachfoundation.org Desert Outreach Tops $290,000 in in Scholarship Awards at at the the 2014 Scholarship Award Luncheon, June 14 14 at at Desert Falls Resort OVER $290,000 in scholorships since 1999 From left to right: Bill McNamera (Secretary), Diana Espinoza (scholarship recipient), Alejandra Espinoza Zazueta (scholarship recipient), Amelia Campoa (scholarship recipient), Jack Williams (President), Dave Callahan (Scholarsip Comittee) Deni Molina (scholarship recipient), Steve McAdams (VP and scholarship committee chair), Yazmin Franco (scholarship recipient), Victoria Bernal (scholarship recipient), Oscar Castaneda (scholarship recipient). and Max Manuel (Treasurer). Not pictured is Abigal Norris (scholarship recipient). Yazmin Franco was the $5,000 scholar in partnership with Pathways to Success. All the others were $1,000 scholars. Your generous and ongoing financial support has enabled The Desert Outreach Foundation to continue our scholarship program with now over $290,000 in awards since the foundations beginning. The Desert Outreach Foundation employs a formal, multi-week review process to determine who receives the scholarships. There are five rating factors used to rank the applicants: Financial Need, Scholastic Achievement, Community Service, Essay, and Personal Interview. Financial Need is given the highest priority in the rating process. The Scholarship Awards event was not only a way to honor the scholars but also an opportunity for us to acknowledge and thank those individuals who have significantly contributed to the Foundation, and allow them to see first-hand how their contributions our helping others in need, “ says Jack Williams, President of the Board of Directors. Palm Springs Los Angeles San Diego Las Vegas www.LIVEmagazineTODAY.com BOARD OF DiREcTORS 2014 Jack Williams, President Steve McAdams, Vice President Max Manuel, Treasurer Bill McNamara, Secretary BOARD MEMBERS 2014 Dave Callahan Charles Normington ADViSORy BOARD MEMBERS 2014 Steve Pougnet Palm Springs Mayor Ginny Foat Palm Springs City Council Dean Fred Jandt CSUSB-Palm Desert Campus Susan Francis JFK Healthy Family Living Foundation Nancy Carter Chairman - DOF Advisory Board Julian Di Ciurcio Chairman - DOF Volunteer Committee Darcy Deetz Joan Hebeler David Hood Allison Jones Call me for great Advertising Rates! Craige Osborne Levvy Carriker 760.409.1234 Levvy Carriker and Juli Ragsdale LIVE Magazine MEDIA SPONSOR I can help you speed up your computer! Let me help you set up your new toys! Phone: 760.992.6565 Email: andre@mypcbytes.com Andre Lapierre Computer Technician 1900 E Palm Canyon Dr • Palm Springs, CA 92264 • 760.322.4422 www.PurpleRoomPalmSprings.com LANI GARFIELD www.PhotosByLan
AWARD-WiNNiNG AUTHOR JOSEFiNA LOPEZ TO APPEAR AT THE FOURTH ANNUAL iDyLLWiLD AUTHORS SERiES PRESENTED By EDUARDO SANTiAGO & PEN cENTER USA Josefina López, The creator of Real Women Have curves, To Be interviewed by Series Host Eduardo Santiago And To Sign copies of Her Novel, Hungry Woman in Paris SUMMER SPECIALS R The novel is about young attractive woman living in Paris searching for meaning in her life, while exploring her emotional and sexual hungers. Idyllwild, CA – Award-winning author, Josefina López, best known at the creator of the play Real Women Have Curves, which spawned the popular Sundance Film Festival award-winning film of the same title starring America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros and George Lopez, will appear in The Fourth Annual Idyllwild Authors Series presented by Eduardo Santiago & Pen Center USA on Sunday, July 13, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Café Aroma, 54750 North Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA 92549. Josefina López will be interviewed by the host of the author series, Eduardo Santiago, followed by a signing of her novel, Hungry Woman in Paris, about a young attractive woman living in Paris searching for meaning in her life, while exploring her emotional and sexual hungers. Admission is free. Books will be sold at the event. To learn more, please call the Idyllwild Author Series at 323-377-9730 and visit online at www. idyllwildauthors.com. Hungry Woman in Paris is author Josefina López’ first novel. The story is about a journalist and activist named Canela who believes passion is an essential ingredient in life, but lately it seems to be in short supply. Using the ticket meant for her honeymoon, Canela escapes from Los Angeles to Paris, where she impulsively enrolls in the city’s most prestigious culinary institute. There, still haunted by her cousin Luna’s death, she begins a wondrous journey against the backdrop of a storied city and amid the enticing aromas of purees, sauces and broths. Making some new – and surprising – friends, and letting haute cuisine reawaken her spiritual and sensual sides, Canela discovers just who she is and what she wants, to hopefully, once again savor the world around her. Author Josefina López said: “My real life was the inspiration for, and creation of my novel, Hungry Woman in Paris, which my play Hungry Woman is based on. Since I was a little girl I wanted to go live in Paris. I think every writer and artist has that fantasy. So when I met my husband, who is French-American, and he asked me if I’d ever consider living in France I told him ‘Yeah!’ So we decided we were going to start a new life in France.” López continues: “I also went to Paris to take time off from my very unrewarding writing career in Hollywood and to have my second baby. While I was living in Paris I was studying French and I read a very funny book called A Year in La Merde (A year in sh*t), which was a British journalist’s observation about the Parisians and the French. I wanted to write about my observations too. After I had my second child I enrolled in cooking school at Le Cordon Bleu. I told myself I wanted to go through the experience of going to cooking school so I could write about it. I also wanted to write about my experience being an immigrant all over again in France. I wanted to compare life in the U.S. versus France. I also wanted to tell the traditional American in France story with a Latina as a protagonist to bring another perspective to this genre. I wanted to present a delicious female fantasy that would excite Latinas and create a forum for discussion about female sexuality.” Josefina López (Playwright, Screenwriter, Founder and Artistic Director of CASA 0101 Theater, Producer) is best known for authoring the play and co-authoring the film Real Women Have Curves, a coming-of-age story about Ana, a first-generation Chicana torn between pursuing her college ambitions, a personal goal and securing employment, which is a family expectation. Along the way, Ana confronts a host of cultural assumptions about beauty, marriage and a woman’s role in society. Although Real Women Have Curves is López’ most recognized work it is only one of many literary and artistic works she has created since her artistic career began at 17. Born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico to Catalina and Rosendo López, on March 19, 1969, Josefina López was five-years-old when she and her family immigrated to the United States and settled in the East Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights. She graduated in the first class from the Los Angeles High School for the Arts in 1987. López was undocumented for 13 years before she received Amnesty in 1987 and eventually became a U.S. Citizen in 1995. López has been an activist and has been doing public speaking for over 20 years. She has lectured on various topics including Chicano Theater, Women’s History Issues and Minority representation in Cinema at over 200 universities such as Yale, Darmouth, and University of Southern California. She also has a monthly column called “Ask A Wise Latina” in the Brooklyn and Boyle Newspaper. She has been the subject of countless television and radio interviews in which she has passionately discussed immigration issues and other controversial subjects concerning women and minorities. WEDNESDAYS $7 99 All-You-Can-Eat Pasta Dinner 4pm-Close HAPPY HOUR Drink Specials and our 5 for $5 Happy Hour Menu (5 Appetizers for just $5 each) Mon & Tue: 11am - 9pm Wed - Fri: 2pm-7pm D Lani.com Sunday, July 13, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. Admission is free. Books will be sold at the event and Josefina López will sign them. To learn more, please call the Idyllwild Authors Series at 323-377-9730 and visit online at www.idyllwildauthors.com 125 E Tahquitz Canyon Way #108 Palm Springs, CA 92262 oscarspalmsprings.com
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