Hello Everyone!
My name is Frankie Candia and I am currently working on my last semester at Glendale Community College and will be graduating with my Associates in Elementary Education. I plan to continue my education in the fall through the NAU Extended Campus Program and will be teaching my own class in Fall of 2016 (which is just in time for my 10 year high school reunion).
I am an active student leader on campus and currently I am the President of the M.E.Ch.A. Organization. We are an organization that promotes the importance of higher education among our Latino Community, equal rights for all minorities and we focus on community service/outreach. We are well known district wide for the many truly original events we have brought to our GCC campus and we plan to continue to inspire other clubs to do the same. Currently, we are working on the biggest project of our M.E.Ch.A. "Careers"! We will facilitate the first Student-run-for-Student Youth Conference in April 2014. This conference will be ran by our very own Mechistas where we are hosting 60 local high school juniors and seniors for a full day of five workshops focusing on Communication, Leadership, Team-Building, Education, and Cultural Diversity, free food and Cultura.
On top of being a full-time student with 18 credits on this semester's schedule and the President of M.E.Ch.A. (which is a full-time job on its own), I am also a student employee of the English Dept. Working on campus is great opportunity and allows me to focus more on my studies instead of taking the time to travel to an off-campus job.
When I am not focusing on my studies or being a student leader, I am a wife and an artist. My husband and I celebrated our third anniversary this past Christmas at Disneyland. Although, we both have very busy schedules and do not spend as much time together as we would like to, we understand these are small sacrifices we have to make now in order to have the life we want for our future.
I take great pride in being an artist! I love to paint with acrylics on discarded vinyl records that I purchase by the cart full from Goodwill. I choose to paint on vinyl records because they are a unique medium and a good conversational piece. Most of my art is about Latino culture and focuses more on Dia de Los Muertos (one of my favorite holidays). I have yet to sell one of my pieces, but I have donated one to be sold at an art auction for the PTK scholarship fund.
I also have my largest art piece hanging in the Student Leadership Office. The "Dreamer" is a piece constructed of thirty vinyls records and took twenty-six hours to complete.
I am super excited to start this new adventure in blogging! I want to take a minute and invite anyone who is interested in joining M.E.Ch.A. to stop by at one of our meetings on Thursdays at 1pm in room 05-142 or at our table during the Club Fair Feb. 4 & 5 from 9am-1pm in the Student Union (don't worry, you do not need to be Latino/Hispanic or even speak spanish to join our group, everyone is welcome!).
See ya'll later!
My name is Frankie Candia and I am currently working on my last semester at Glendale Community College and will be graduating with my Associates in Elementary Education. I plan to continue my education in the fall through the NAU Extended Campus Program and will be teaching my own class in Fall of 2016 (which is just in time for my 10 year high school reunion).
I am an active student leader on campus and currently I am the President of the M.E.Ch.A. Organization. We are an organization that promotes the importance of higher education among our Latino Community, equal rights for all minorities and we focus on community service/outreach. We are well known district wide for the many truly original events we have brought to our GCC campus and we plan to continue to inspire other clubs to do the same. Currently, we are working on the biggest project of our M.E.Ch.A. "Careers"! We will facilitate the first Student-run-for-Student Youth Conference in April 2014. This conference will be ran by our very own Mechistas where we are hosting 60 local high school juniors and seniors for a full day of five workshops focusing on Communication, Leadership, Team-Building, Education, and Cultural Diversity, free food and Cultura.
 |
| "Creating a Path for Better Mechistas, Better Leaders" M.E.Ch.A. Retreat Nov. 2013 |
 |
| Disneyland Christmas 2013 |
I take great pride in being an artist! I love to paint with acrylics on discarded vinyl records that I purchase by the cart full from Goodwill. I choose to paint on vinyl records because they are a unique medium and a good conversational piece. Most of my art is about Latino culture and focuses more on Dia de Los Muertos (one of my favorite holidays). I have yet to sell one of my pieces, but I have donated one to be sold at an art auction for the PTK scholarship fund.
I also have my largest art piece hanging in the Student Leadership Office. The "Dreamer" is a piece constructed of thirty vinyls records and took twenty-six hours to complete.
 |
| "Dreamer" Spring 2013 |
It is the story of the thousands of immigrants who travel by foot through the Sonoran Desert every year.
The journey of rough terrain, hot days, no food, little water, and only the clothes on their back.
It's a story of the discrimination of our people, with skin the color of earth, as they labored in the fields to supply this country with it's harvest.
This is the story of the political battle as we line the streets and demand justice for everyone.
It's the story of the right to walk the halls freely and pursue an education.
This is the story of the educated pushing the door open for his people.
This is the story of every ones dream, a dream of life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
I am super excited to start this new adventure in blogging! I want to take a minute and invite anyone who is interested in joining M.E.Ch.A. to stop by at one of our meetings on Thursdays at 1pm in room 05-142 or at our table during the Club Fair Feb. 4 & 5 from 9am-1pm in the Student Union (don't worry, you do not need to be Latino/Hispanic or even speak spanish to join our group, everyone is welcome!).
See ya'll later!
Hey Frankie,
ReplyDeleteI love your vinyl art! how do you keep the paint from running in the grooves of the records? is acrylic paint just nicely suited for that kind of thing? Thanks for telling me about the Marjon Ceramics open house. I've only been there once to buy clay but I'm definitely going to try to go to that this weekend. Congrats and good luck on your last semester at GCC. Do you know what grade you want to teach? You're very involved with the school and volunteering. How do you do it? I feel like I'm drowning under thirteen credits. Hats off to you. I was also wondering if your experiences at Ufest were superior to your experiences at Warped tour. I've never been to Ufest but I googled it and found that it was happening in April and Warped tour usually happens around the end of summer, when Arizona is at its hottest. April seems like a more reasonable time to have a concert. What is your opinion?
Thank you! Painting is a way for me to clear my mind and relax. I actually use higher grade acrylic paint that is more of a paste than a liquid. A lot of times I do water it down to blend the colors and it works really well. At first when I thought of the idea to paint on vinyls, I was concerned that it wouldn't work out, but after doing a little research and experimenting, acrylic paint is the way to go! I also found that if you primer the record with white gesso (which is a paint mixture of a binder mixed with chalk) it helps the colors pop.
DeleteI hope you can make it to the open house! It is a lot of fun! Unfortunately, this will be the first year I will not be able to make it. I am already committed to M.E.Ch.A. projects this weekend (I guess you can say student leadership consumes my life).
I really want to teach middle school social studies. Everyone tells me I am crazy because my students will be difficult and full of hormones. I believe that if you catch the struggling students before they enter the chaotic world of high school, they will have a better chance of being successful.
Being so involved is hard work, but I really enjoy it. The best advice I can give is make sure you are organized and make time for everything you have to do and time for things you enjoy. Also, surround yourself with people who can celebrate in your successes and encourage you to do the best.
I have always wondered why they always scheduled day long concerts in the summer. It just seemed stupid to me. I remember being out there, first one through the gates and the last one out, dehydrated, sun burnt, but having the best time ever. I prefer Ufest for two reasons, the band selection is more my style and definitely the weather.