Celebrating the tastes of Latino culture

Published on: October 16, 2023 By: Staff Reports

Jennifer Chon and Raven Power enjoy their lunch break at the Festival de Comida event to celebrate Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month.

Festival de Comida, the Sept. 15 kick-off event for Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month, featured colorful and tasty cuisine from food trucks parked on West Campus. The event was sponsored by the Office for Institutional Opportunity, the Office for Access & Title IX, and the Hispanic-Latino Business Resource Group.

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Festival de Comida gets underway on campus.

Melody Bell, wearing a Frida Kahlo inspired denim jacket, orders from Calios Tacos food truck.

Three ironing boards, provided by Calios Tacos, are repurposed as portable outdoor tables.

A soda bottle opener is conveniently located on the order window side of Nacho Loco food truck. Customers opened bottled Mexican Cokes and Jarritos.

UTSW community members place their orders at Nacho Loco food truck, one of the five food trucks participating at the event.

The sky was clear and sunny as UTSW community members line up to order lunch at the trucks parked along the green space behind Professional Office Buildings 1 & 2 on West Campus.

Clay Akin and Alberto Juarbe Nieves show off sweet treats and drinks.

Laqueshia Hawkins and Rhonda Dobbs display their freshly prepared tacos from Santos Tacos food truck at the Festival de Comida event in to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

John Garner checks out the menu displayed at Mi Perú Borinqueño food truck.

An employee shows off their fresh order of El Morro Churrasco from Mi Perú Borinqueño food truck.

Marilisa Soto Gonzalez picks up her order of El Morro Churrasco from Mi Perú Borinqueño food truck.