Celebrating Latinidad beyond Hispanic Heritage Month

Austin Vida is dedicated to sharing Latino news and culture every day — not just on heritage months. We’re thrilled to share several recent honors and awards. Help us continue to tell our historias by contributing today.

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October 16, 2023

¡Saludos!

It’s been another Hispanic Heritage Month to remember. 🧡 We loved bringing you stories on everything from labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta to shining a light on all of the Latino performers at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.  

Recently, Austin Vida was named Best Latino Media at the HABLA Con Orgullo Awards!

This category was to recognize an “outstanding news organization and/or individual, advocating, serving the needs, and/or making a positive impact on our Austin Latino community.”

I am so honored. This win was thanks to YOU–Austin Vida readers–since you make our tiny newsroom with a lot of heart possible. Thank you for your support and for voting for us!

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Austin Vida was also named a finalist for the LION Local Journalism Awards, in the top three for the Product of the Year Award!

⁠This is also an amazing achievement as it points to the impact of our journalism.

We are dedicated to sharing Latino news and culture every day — not just on heritage months. These awards are a testament to our commitment to amplifying, informing and celebrating the Latinidad of our community. . . And it’s you who keep us going.

In celebration of nuestra gente and for the love of Latina-led, indie, local media, will you make a donation today?

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Financial contributions from readers go towards Austin Vida’s reporting, our monthly Cultura Guides, and building comunidad. We rely on our readers to help us make ends meet and push ahead.

And while our team is small, these awards and recognitions show that we’re doing good work! We hear that from our readers too. If you love Austin Vida, sending us five dollars each month or chipping in $25 right now makes a BIG difference. 💪

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If you’d like to support us another way, follow Austin Vida on social media! That way you’ll also hear exciting announcements about our journalism and get top stories as soon as the news breaks.

¡Mil gracias!

Nancy Flores

Austin Vida Editor & Publisher

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Nancy Flores
Nancy Flores

An award-winning local journalist, Nancy Flores leads Austin Vida as its editor and publisher. She’s the founder of Cultura Media, Austin Vida’s umbrella organization, and was recently named one of “Austin’s Top Latina Entrepreneurs to Watch,” by the digital news outlet Austonia (now called ATXtoday).

Nancy grew up in the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, and is the proud daughter of Mexican immigrants. She has specialized in writing about underrepresented Central Texas communities, most recently reporting for the Austin American-Statesman and Austin360. Her contributions to Austin’s Latino community recently earned her the Award of Excellence in Media Arts from the city’s Mexican American Cultural Center. In 2019, Remezcla named her among the nation’s “Latino Columnists You Should Be Reading.”

Nancy revived and reimagined Austin Vida during the pandemic to amplify, inform and celebrate the Latinidad of our local community with culturally-competent news and culture that centers the voices of nuestra gente.

A graduate of St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, Nancy received a College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) scholarship, and earned a BA in Communication with a Minor in English Writing.

She’s also an alumna of the Hispanic Austin Leadership Program, the Google News Startup Bootcamp program, the Leadership Academy for Diversity in Digital Media program presented by Poynter and The Washington Post, and was part of the inaugural cohort of the Tiny News Collective, which continues to serve as Austin Vida’s nonprofit fiscal sponsor.

Nancy served on the board of directors for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and helped relaunch its local Central Texas chapter. She is the founding president of the St. Edward’s University College Assistance Migrant Program Alumni Association.

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