{"id":148752,"date":"2022-09-16T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/architecture\/?p=148752"},"modified":"2022-10-24T16:19:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T20:19:05","slug":"cartaya-to-be-honored-by-congress-for-hispanic-heritage-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/architecture\/cartaya-to-be-honored-by-congress-for-hispanic-heritage-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartaya to be Honored by Congress for Hispanic Heritage Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By: Kyle Niblett<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mario_Cartaya_hero-1024x548.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Cartaya hero\" class=\"wp-image-164228\" width=\"1198\" height=\"641\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Two-time University of Florida graduate <a href=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/news\/mariocartayacongress\/\">Mario Cartaya<\/a> (BARCH \u201974, MBC \u201975) has been invited by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) to participate in the inaugural FL-23 Hispanic Heritage Month Leadership Symposium, where he will be honored along with other Hispanic leaders from South Florida for his contributions to society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Symposium will take place on Thursday, Sept. 29, from 2-4 p.m. in the Capitol Complex in Washington, D.C. There, the Gator architect will be presented with an award of recognition for his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFdcp\/status\/1466070203297460226\">efforts to advance and promote Hispanic heritage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cartaya, who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFdcp\/status\/1507182782350516226\">recently retired<\/a> as the founder and principal owner of Cartaya and Associates Architects, just released a book, entitled <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Journey-Back-into-Vault-Footprints\/dp\/1664199292\">Journey Back into the Vault: In Search of My Faded Cuban Childhood Footprints<\/a><\/em>. In it, the Cuban-American travels back to the land of his birth for the first time in 56 years in order to reclaim his forgotten Cuban childhood memories, original identity and once-promised destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mario Cartaya - 1974 Architecture Graduate &amp; 1975 Construction Management Graduate\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1U57PDcjYFc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time University of Florida graduate Mario Cartaya (BARCH \u201974, MBC \u201975) has been invited by Rep. 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