October 3, 2024 | Events,

Meet Elsa Mosquera-Sterenberg, Our 2024 Champions Award Recipient!

On October 5, ArtsEmerson honored Elsa Mosquera-Sterenberg as our 2024 Champions Award Recipient during the 9th Annual World Alive! celebration! We are thrilled for this chance to celebrate Elsa, who is the Elsa is the co-founder and creative powerhouse of Ágora Cultural Architects, an arts organization which creates, empowers, and promotes the sustainability of the makers of Latin American culture in the US and Puerto Rico by optimizing tools for creators and organizations to fulfill their goals.

One of Mosquera-Sterenberg’s major endeavors through Agorá is BoriCorridor, an annual tour highlighting 5 artistic ensembles in 3 cities, showcasing various cultural organizations. BoriCorridor helps to streamline networking and facilitate block booking opportunities for Puerto Rican artists. She has also spearheaded the organization of cultural events for the Boston community, including concerts at Arlington Street Church and has also recently received a grant for developing Latinx Sounds & Flavors, which seeks to enrich Downtown’s cultural programming by organizing a unique Latinx music concert series at this Church. Last year, Mosquera-Sterenberg was entrusted with organizing the first series of events to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Fiesta en la Plaza 2023, which was brought back for a second year on September 15