JAIME PONCE 408 N 13 Street
San José, CA 95112
(408) 417-1118
jaimepnc@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE: I’m looking for a position in Spoken and Written Journalism/Sales.
Summary of qualifications:
• Honored by the CAC (California Arts Council) 2009
• Radio y Televisión de Guanajuato
• Cultural Journalism
• Script Writer for Radio y Television de Guanajuato
• Development Consultant
• Reporter for the Hispanic Business Journal
• Host of KSBW-TV 8

WORK EXPERIENCE:
01/2009 – 06/2009
Music/Guitar Teacher. Honored with a grant by the CAC (California Arts Council)
Latino College Prep/National Hispanic University

0/2001 – 07/2005
Community Organizer
L.U.P.E ( La Unión del Pueblo Entero) Introduced by César Chávez in 1965.
I organized Farm Workers to join the Farm Worker Union.

7/98 – 9/01
Development Consultant SJMAG (San José Multicultural Artists Guild) First Artists in Residence at the Mexican Heritage 1998.
• Wrote grant applications to fund youth theatre projects.
• Recruited youth with problems on teen pregnancy, alcohol and abuse.
• Dealt with corporations and foundations in a tactful manner.
• Performed classical guitar. I lost my Position as a result of “9/11”.

10/94 – 6/98
Interpreter and Reporter
Festival Internacional Cervantino
The FIC takes place in October in the beautiful city of Guanajuato, colonial jewel of the Americas to pay tribute and glory to Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra who gave form to the Spanish language.

06/88 – 06/94
Script Writer for a Television Program entitled “Este Hogar Nuestro”
Radio and Television of Gto.
I worked under the direction of renown Dramatist Juan Ibáñez.
I wrote scripts based on the “Consumer’s Guide” of Dr. Arturo Lomelí
Radio y Television de Guanajuato
Leon Guanajuato.

From 1985 to 1988-
Host, KSBW-TV 8
Salinas CA.
I interviewed personalities and Artists in the Hispanic Community.
Fot the past ten years I’ve been a Free-lance Journalist for several newspapers such as: “Horizontes”, “Tiempo Latino”, “El Observador”, “La Opinión”, “El Nacional”, “Radio Y Televisión de Gto.” “Revista Mexicana de Cultura” I was also Host for “KSBW- TV8” in the Spanish program “Puntos de Interés”

EDUCATION:
University of California. BA In Spanish Journalism. Santa Cruz, CA
Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Research on “Life and Works of Mariano José de Larra”, the First Spanish Journalist.

Certified by the Instituto Nacional de Traductores e Intérpretes, Mexico City.
Chabot College, AA in General Education minor in Music. Hayward, CA

TRANSLATIONS:
1. “The Berlitz Traveler’s Guide to Mexico”, Allen Tucker. English/Spanish
New York, NY
2. La Historia del Derecho Administrativo Federal Mexicano
3. “Juego Mágico” to “The Magic ” of Juan Ibáñez, a renown Mexican Dramatist, first price winner of the San Antonio Theatre Festival, 1986, 1987

AWARD:
Winner in the M.E.X.H.I.C.A. Chicano Literary Contest, entry published in the anthology “Sighs and Songs of Aztlán. Bakersfield College.

MEMBER OF VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS:
• Executive Director of “Cámara de Comercio, Comercianters y Profesionistas Unidos.
• ATA (American Translators Association)
• The Hispanic Business Journal, Reporter for the Spanish page.
• National Association Against Corruption, A. C., Secretary. Endorsed by ex- President of Mexico Vicente Fox Quesada.
• Defensores de la Flora y la Fauna, A.C. Secretary of Publications “Ecology Review Afredo Gugés”, A. C.
• “Historical and Geneological Society of Santa Clara County. Translator.
• “Los Amigos de la Biblioteca Latinoamericana”, Member.
• Festival Internacional Cervantino. Interpreter and Reporter, Guanajuato, Mexico.

NATIONAL CONSERVATORY OF SPAIN Studies of Classical Guitar. Madrid, Spain

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

THIS IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION ABOUT MY CHANGE OF CAREER

Thanks to electronics and technology, my career in Cultural Journalism has vanished in time and space. I worked for ten years as a Reporter, few years ago I wrote for the Hispanic Business Journal, since then, I have not found another job in Journalism.

For the past ten years (Excluding the last three years) I’ve worked in Spoken and Written Journalism in an international level: radio, television, important journals like
“El Nacional”, and “Revista Mexicana de Cultura” in Mexico City.

I must go back to the Arts. For the past 20 yrs. I’ve dealt with the Fine Arts, having worked for the FIC (Festival Internacional Cervantino) as Coordinator of Events.
I also worked for the SJMAG (San Jose Multicultural Artists Guild) We were the first artists in residence at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in 1999.

As an Artist, I have three artistic expressions: Classical Guitar, Voice and Poetry.
I would be a true asset at the California Arts Council, or at San Jose Arts Council, given my sensitivity and ample experience in the Arts.

In conclusion, I’ve worked as Community Organizer; I worked for L.U.P.E (la Unión del Pueblo Entero) introduced by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta in 1965.

Finally, I will accept any job in San Jose, Sacramento or anywhere.

Thank you for your understanding about my professional tragedy, and will deeply appreciate any opportunity in employment.

Sincerely,
Jaime Ponce

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