HITN波多黎各传承荣誉：Rita Moreno等五人获表彰，仪式在 Hunter College 举行
11月13日，HITN MEDIA 在位于 Manhattan 的 Hunter College 波多黎各研究中心（Centro）举行仪式，表彰五位波多黎各裔杰出人物，相关消息于11月14日对外公布。
首位受表彰者是演员 Rita Moreno。她的演艺生涯跨越八十多年，曾获得奥斯卡奖、托尼奖、两座艾美奖和一座格莱美奖，并曾获肯尼迪中心荣誉奖。
记者 Juan González 同样获得表彰。他自1996年起担任《Democracy Now!》联合主持人，曾两次获得乔治·波尔克奖。
外交官 Mari Carmen Aponte 获得表彰，她曾任美国驻萨尔瓦多和驻巴拿马大使。演员兼电影人 Jacobo Morales 也在名单之列，他执导的《Lo que le pasó a Santiago》是首部获奥斯卡最佳外语片提名的波多黎各制作。
第五位受表彰者是已故教育家 Antonia Pantoja，她于1961年创办 ASPIRA，是首位获得总统自由勋章的波多黎各女性，此次为追授荣誉。
仪式上首映了五部介绍受表彰者的短片。这一表彰系列已进入第五年，并曾获得艾美奖。HITN 总裁兼首席执行官 Michael D. Nieves 出席仪式，该网络覆盖全美3500多万户家庭。
HITN Honors Rita Moreno and Four Other Puerto Rican Trailblazers at Hunter College Ceremony
On November 13, HITN MEDIA honored five Puerto Rican trailblazers at a ceremony held at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro) at Hunter College in Manhattan, with the announcement released on November 14.
The first honoree is actress Rita Moreno, whose career spans more than eight decades. She has won an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award, and is a Kennedy Center Honoree.
Journalist Juan González was also honored. A co-host of Democracy Now! since 1996, he is a two-time winner of the George Polk Award.
Diplomat Mari Carmen Aponte, a former United States ambassador to El Salvador and to Panama, received the honor as well. Actor and filmmaker Jacobo Morales was recognized; his film Lo que le pasó a Santiago was the first Puerto Rican production nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
The fifth honoree, recognized posthumously, is educator Antonia Pantoja, who founded ASPIRA in 1961 and was the first Puerto Rican woman to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Five short films about the honorees premiered at the ceremony. The Emmy-winning honors series is in its fifth year. HITN president and CEO Michael D. Nieves attended the event; the network reaches more than 35 million homes.
来源：HITN MEDIA
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图片来源：图：New York 的 Hunter College North Building 入口。作者：Kenneth C. Zirkel，CC BY 4.0，维基共享资源。 / Photo: Entrance of the Hunter College North Building in New York. Credit: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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