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This project was created in Honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month as we recognize  Latino/Hispanic ice skaters.

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My name is Vanessa and I am a Latina figure skater with Skating Club of Boston

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, I researched Latino/Hispanic figure skaters. This is important to me because as a Latina figure skater (patinadora) for over 10 years, I rarely encounter fellow Hispanic ice skaters in any of the skating disciplines (freestyle, ice dance, pairs, synchronized skating or Theater on Ice.) When I was a little girl, I was thrilled to see a skating program to Gloria Estefan's "Conga".

We are a diverse bunch with different shades of skin color and variation in hair texture and style. Our culture is comprised of passion, music, and dance, so why are we not widely represented in ice skating?

I wanted to connect and interview various well-known Latino/Hispanic skaters so that we can learn from their experiences.

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If you would like to read the interview with the skater, click on the skater and the interview will appear.  More information will be uploaded throughout National Hispanic Heritage Month, so please visit us again.

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Donovan Carrillo skating as a Luchadore. lucha Libre is an exhibition of professional wrestling to specific Mexican culture.

Javier Fernandez skating as signature Super Javi!
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Interview with Javier Fernandez

I started skating because of my sister just to do a sport. It was interesting that I started skating.  I’m very glad that I kept my position.

There were not many boys.  In many competitions I was skating by myself.  Maybe there were 2-5 skaters at Nationals.

First, there were not a lot of rinks in Spain.  When I was young, I went to skating camps and one of the skaters there was Ivgeny Plushenko.  For many years, I watched him skate.

Yes. It’s a good idea to bring something from your country.  It has to be skatable.  I took a risk.  It was a challenge, but it turned out very well.  

There are some specific areas that we need to work on. We can’t just make a rink. It’s hard to explain to the government or a company why they should make a rink. It can change, but we need help finding people to make a rink and a project. For example, SCOB (Skating Club of Boston) had a plan, and they know why they built a rink. In Spain a rink would be made just for regular people and the focus is not on the good skaters.

They are such different programs. The bull fighting one I like because it’s the story of me being a bull fighter, but then I become scared of the bull.  Super Javi was less difficult to make, but it’s more tiring because I’m just being ridiculous.  (see video in gallery below)

I don’t know which I would choose.  I would like to be Captain Jack Sparrow!