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|  Gloria "Tarasca"From an early age, Gloria Valdes, 'Tarasca', realized she was different from the rest. Scolded by adults for her restlessness and inability to focus, she was often rejected by her playmates. Diagnosed as dyslexic and hyperactive, in addition to suffering from Osteogenesis Imperfecta - a bone disease impeding her movement, Gloria gradually quit the physical activities she enjoyed and took sole refuge in painting. Completely self-taught, Gloria began building her own fantasy world from which she receives, and puts back into her work, colors and shapes inspired by her ancestral people, the Tarascans, original inhabitants of Michoacán state, in western Mexico, where she was born, and for whom, and in their honor she has named herself. Her art, she says, is as much as expression of her personality as it is an opportunity for psychoanalysis. "Painting is a medium through which at once I become patient and psychoanalyst. One of the things that I enjoy the most is seeing an idea realized in a painting. Its the thrill of knowing that I can create something from nothing".
From: Metro Latino USA Ramón Jiménez Ramón Jiménez, actual Managing Editor de MetroLatinoUSA es un periodista que cubre lo más que puede los asuntos de las comunidades latinas de Washington D.C., Maryland y Virginia. Graduado de la Escuela de Periodismo de la Universidad del Distrito de Columbia. Fue galardonado a nivel nacional en numerosas ocasiones por parte de la Asociación Nacional de Publicaciones Hispanas (NAHP) y otras organizaciones comunitarias y deportivas de la región metropolitana de esta capital. También fue premiado en dos ocasiones como Mejor Periodista del Año por la cobertura de la comunidad salvadoreña, premios otorgados por la Oficina de Asuntos Latinos del Alcalde (OLA) y otras organizaciones. Ha sido miembro del jurado calificador en diferentes concursos literarios, de belleza y talento en la región metropolitana. Como parte de su trabajo ha visitado zonas de desastre en Nicaragua, Honduras y El Salvador e invitado a esos países por organizaciones que asisten a personas de escasos recursos económicos. Antes trabajó en otros medios de prensa de Virginia y D.C.
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