During the first event at Journalism Week, Luis Vasquez-Ajmac spoke about branding and marketing. He also gave an interview ahead of time about green marketing.

Photo by Tai Watler: Luis Vasquez-Ajmac, president of Maya Advertising, speaks to students March 3

Vasquez-Ajmac is a branding enthusiast. Starting from humble beginnings in central South America and raised in Bethesda, Maryland, Vasquez-Ajmac was never ashamed of his cultural background.

“I was proud to be a Mayan/Latino,” Vasquez-Ajmac said.

His work ethic today incorporates the work experience he gained as a teenager. Having dealt with cross-cultural barriers growing-up, Vasquez-Ajmac became determined to level out the playing field for all types of people.

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On February 26, MAYA will be hosting a free multicultural social marketing seminar. See attached E-vite for more information on the event.

MAYA has been selected as a finalist by the Los Angeles Business Journal in the first-ever Latino Business Awards! MAYA was nominated in the category of Small Private Company, and is honored to be a finalist. The Latino Business Awards is an event that celebrates companies that have made an impact in the Latino community.
 
The award winners will be announced on Jan. 20, 2010 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif.
 
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MAYA Advertising & Communications, a leading national multicultural marketing agency, launched their brand new look and opened a new Los Angeles office to better serve a fast-growing roster of government, multicultural and global clients.

Local government officials, business leaders and a variety of dignitaries were in attendance for the official ribbon cutting and unveiling of the agency’s new Web site and brand repositioning titled, “Multicultural Thinking.” MAYA’s guests included Redondo Beach Mayor Mike Gin, Acting Regional Administrator for Region IX and District Director, Los Angeles District Office of the SBA Alberto G. Alvarado, Redondo Beach Council Member Bill Brand, Executive Director of EO-Los Angeles Joyce Cash, and President and CEO of the Regional Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Sandy Cajas. Members of the Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce and Los Angeles community also joined in the day- long celebration.

To celebrate the 25^th anniversary of El Norte’s release, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute honored filmmaker Gregory Nava and the making of the epic film El Norte at several of its National Public Policy Conference events from Sept. 14-16, 2009.

El Norte is a realistic film about the Guatemalan government’s oppression of the Mayan Indians and the hard life of illegal immigrants in the United States. It is the first American independent film to be nominated for an Oscar Award, and in 1995 the Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry, one of only 500 films to be so honored.

On Sept. 15 at the National Press Club, CHCI and MAYA hosted a filmmaker’s discussion about El Norte. Mr. Nava discussed the making of his film, powerful scenes from the movie and its continued success, followed by a question and answer period.

The CHCI Annual Awards Gala, held this year on Sept. 16, 2009, is the hallmark event during Hispanic Heritage Month and serves as the unifying event for the Hispanic American community. This year, the Gala program was developed around the unifying theme of Latinos Leading in the Arts, which highlighted CHCI, its mission and programs, the annual Chair’s Award(s), and the CHCI Medallion of Excellence honoree(s).

EO-LA’s Board of Directors, with the help of MAYA’s President Luis Vasquez-Ajmac (EO-LA Communication Chair), hosted an ambitious fundraising event on Sept. 26, 2009, to raise monetary support and awareness for the Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization (IREO), a non-profit organization promoting and delivering renewable sources of energy to help bring sustainability to underdeveloped communities while creating a better and cleaner world.

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