# @macjournalism on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DGlVzhdxmDb
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/26945172-macjournalism-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-02-27T16:45:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** McCallum Journalism (@macjournalism) — https://gondola.cc/macjournalism

## Caption

JUEVES DE ANTAÑO: Preparing to march in the Dia de los Muertos parade, Harlow Mallison twirls through the streets of downtown Austin. Mallison is a sophomore in the Spanish 2 class at McCallum and was invited to join the annual Dia de los Muertos celebration with Ballet Folklórico, which walked through Fifth and Sixth streets. ” I had a lot of fun and it was nice meeting new people,” Mallison said. “I loved how everyone came together and were so supportive of each other.” Caption and photo by Sylvia Hurtado.

This is a terrific picture and caption, and it makes for a great #ThrowbackThursday post, but we have another reason for sharing it today. 

Just a few moments ago, freshman Sylvia Hurtado won a #BestofSNO Award for her feature profile of Spanish teacher and Ballet Folklórico sponsor Telvi Altamirano-Cancino, aka Señora A. Not bad for the first story she wrote in Room 134 for MacJ.

Here’s a little taste of her award-winning story.

On the bustling Sixth Street downtown, Señora A—aka Spanish teacher Telvi Altamirano Cancino—stands amidst the music and sparkling colors, preparing to lead her school into the crowd. The smells of street food waft through the air as Altamirano-Cancino marches into the Oct. 26 Día de los Muertos Parade.

Altamirano has taught Spanish at McCallum since 2016, but interestingly enough, being a Spanish teacher wasn‘t her original plan.

“I actually fell into it [being a Spanish teacher] by accident,” Altamirano said. “It was just a job I wanted to try, and I just fell in love with it, and I was like, ‘This is the job for me.’”

To read the rest of Sylvia’s award-winning profile of Senora A, please click the link in our bio, or visit macshieldonline.com or bestofsno.com/by-school/?school=49539512.

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