A Brief History on the San Xavier Community

With Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan

Friday, September 30, 2022

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San Xavier del Bac is known as the White Dove of the Desert, but not many know the rich history surrounding the community called Wa:k (where the water goes in). Long before our urban centers and city lights lit up the dark desert skies, the Tohono O’odham were cultivating and shaping the land with abundant agriculture—from squash and beans to corn and cotton. For generations they passed down their rich knowledge and culture grown from their connection to the desert.  Join us for a program with Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan as she shares her knowledge about the history and culture of her people, the Wa:k O’odham. 

Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan is Tohono O’odham and from the San Xavier District. She serves as faculty in the Tohono O’odham Studies Program at Tohono O’odham Community College. Ramon-Sauberan is a Doctoral Candidate in American Indian Studies with a minor in Journalism at the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on the history of land and water in the San Xavier District and she has written for news publications across the US including Indian Country Today. Ramon-Sauberan is also a communication specialist for the National Science Foundation’s AURA/NOIR Lab. Lastly, she is a proud mother to a 3-year old ray of sunshine named Lydia.

Celebrating and Preserving Hispanic Heritage

With Marisol Vindiola

Friday, October 14, 2022 @ 12:00pm

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In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month we are excited to host Marisol Vindiola to speak to the amazing things happening with ¡VIVA TUCSON! this year and the hard work that goes into curating binational heritage events.

Marisol Vindiola is currently the Sr. Director of Multicultural Marketing at Visit Tucson, where she is responsible to work with all the Visit Tucson Departments, business partners, and local, state and international governmental organizations to strengthen the promotion and relationship between Tucson and Mexico. She oversee all aspects of multicultural marketing within the cross-functional organization, including visitor outreach, activities, business, event planning and assisting in efforts to represent the organization with U.S./Mexico projects to accomplish organizational and departmental objectives. She also manage Visit Tucson’s efforts to reach and engage diverse communities and drive cross-sector impact in the community.

Visit Tucson is the official destination marketing organization for Tucson and southern Arizona.