{"id":3603,"date":"2021-12-14T18:07:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T02:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/pedro-martinez-pinto\/"},"modified":"2022-02-28T08:44:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T16:44:19","slug":"pedro-martinez-pinto","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/projects\/connecting-more\/pedro-martinez-pinto\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedro Martinez-Pinto"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pedro Martinez-Pinto<\/span><\/h3>\n

About myself:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was born in 2004 in Seattle, Washington (Go Sounders!!) and I\u2019m still growing up here now. Since I was younger (about 7) I\u2019ve been playing soccer at the professional and semi-professional youth levels, I\u2019ve been attending school, participating in summer science programs (which I love), and I\u2019ve developed my passion for photography at the same time; photography is probably the main culprit- I\u2019d say- in my interest in volunteering with MAS (Movimiento Afro-Latino Seattle).<\/p>\n

So how\u2019d I get involved:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, when I started high school I was made aware of the fact that I\u2019d need to complete a multitude of volunteer hours in order to graduate. I looked for an organization to volunteer with which (1) needed volunteers (2) had a mission which I was interested in exploring and (3) was able to provide me with something which I enjoyed doing; I didn\u2019t just want to put in long hours of work on something which I wouldn\u2019t enjoy, benefit, or become inspired from. MAS was a perfect fit, I could practice my art, get my volunteer hours, and do amazing work in the community. That\u2019s what it comes down to.<\/p>\n

My Identity:<\/strong> Afro-Latino \/ American
\nI identify as Afro-Latino and American. A little bit of background on that: my mother and father are from Venezuela and Ecuador, respectively. My dad- as far as I know is mixed (as many people in America are), he is part Spanish and part Kanari (pronounced Canyari); colonization by the Spanish like in many places, took part in Ecuador as well and so I feel that part of my identity is Spanish as well as American. For me, being part Latino means having that European mix in me\u2026 Much like my father, my mother is also mixed but she (as far as I know) has Afro-descendants in her family as well as her bit of Spanish influence. My identity as American (a term which I consider to be synonymous with Indigenous\/\/Hispanic\/etc) and Afro-Latino stems from my parents background; American for me is an umbrella term which describes my identity of being part Venezuelan, Ecuadorian, and US born (Seattle); the term American is generally used to refer to someone born in the US, which is completely ignorant and somewhat troublesome for me. Part of my identity is acknowledging that\u2026 To sum up my identity, I am Afro\/Latino, American.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”3378″ img_size=”full” onclick=”zoom”][vc_single_image image=”3453″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/projects\/connecting-more\/por-pedro\/”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3369″ img_size=”full”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”3417″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”\/en\/projects\/connecting-more\/alek-gastmans-baynes\/”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”3422″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/projects\/connecting-more\/carmela-stewart\/”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”3433″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/projects\/connecting-more\/malaya-santiago\/”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”3440″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/projects\/connecting-more\/nadine-gibson\/”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”3445″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/projects\/connecting-more\/nuani-santiago\/”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”3378″ style=”vc_box_circle_2″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3449″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/projects\/connecting-more\/”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text] Pedro Martinez-Pinto About myself: I was born in 2004 in Seattle, Washington (Go Sounders!!) and I\u2019m still growing up here now. Since I was younger (about 7) I\u2019ve been playing soccer at the professional and semi-professional youth levels, I\u2019ve been attending school, participating in summer science programs (which I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":3788,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3603","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3603"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4126,"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3603\/revisions\/4126"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}