Valeria Alderete
• – • The Dakota East Side Ice House
About the speaker
San Antonio native, Valeria Alderete is a design technologist and nonprofit admin whose work engages arts, culture, and web technologies as a means of preserving and advancing regional art forms and cultural heritage. Within her professional and creative practice, Valeria uses data-driven approaches in storytelling and reporting efforts for community advancement to affirm the role of arts and culture as a vital part of her Westside San Antonio community and beyond.
Valeria was a fellow of the 2019 Advocacy Leadership Institute, National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, where she joined a cohort of cultural workers in Capitol Hill to advocate for policies that benefit the arts and culture sector. In the spring of 2022, she received a Master of Science in Data Analysis and Visualization from the City University of New York, Graduate Center. Through her professional and creative roles, Valeria develops content and copy, most recently writing for Texas Music Magazine, where she highlights contributions from Latinx artists in the Texas music scene.
Currently, Valeria works with the Conjunto Heritage Taller, a community-based nonprofit organization focused on the preservation, instruction, and perpetuation of traditional Conjunto music.
Local partners
Estate Coffee Company is a small batch, craft coffee roaster and espresso bar in downtown San Antonio, Texas. We believe in sourcing the best coffee and ingredients for our beverages by working with family-owned importers and local food purveyors. We try to promote transparency by having the roasting and brewing methods front and center in our 1,200 square foot space with seating for you to watch and feel involved with the coffee roasting process.
TEKsystems supports interactive, creative and digital initiatives for clients ranging from digital agencies to Fortune 3000 companies by supplying skilled design, development, functional and marketing technology resources and solutions. As TEKsystems, we thrive at the intersection of technology and marketing thru providing resource-based solutions in the Digital, Creative, and Interactive space. Our San Antonio team specializes in providing local solutions with the backing of a national footprint ranging between web/mobile development, design, content strategy, and marketing technologies.
Welcome neighbors and friends, old and new. The Dakota is proud to provide a community gathering spot where everything from gentrification to motorcycles can be discussed; with some of the best live music in town. San Antonio’s Eastside is one the most diverse cultural, ethnic, and economic community in this city and we strive to spotlight this uniqueness for future generations of neighbors.
We are all part of the story. Glad you’re here!
Additional details
**We are back to our monthly events in person but we still want everyone to stay safe! We will be outside, please dress for the weather.
*Safety is very important to us. Masks are required when 6 ft of social distancing can not be maintained. Please help us respect everyones’ comfort levels and stay safe, thank you!
*Not feeling well the day of the event? We are taking safety at our event seriously, so please stay home if you have any COVID-19 symptoms, including loss of smell/taste and/or fever. Additionally, please refrain from coming if you have been recently diagnosed with COVID-19, have recently had direct contact with an individual diagnosed with or suspected to have COVID-19, or are displaying symptoms commonly associated with COVID-19.
*This outdoor event will be held rain or shine. Please check the weather forecast in advance and come dressed appropriately. If there are any unforeseen circumstances that require us to change or cancel this event, we will notify registered attendees via email.
Location
Hosted at
The Dakota East Side Ice House
433 S. Hackberry
San Antonio, Texas United States 78203
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