Silver City Student Selected for Digital Documentary Showcase in Washington, DC
10 Jun 2020
The National History Day program in New Mexico is excited to announce that Rechelle Guttierez, a junior at Silver High School, has had her documentary submission “The Spark of the Civil Rights Movement: Diane Nash” selected for the 2020 Digital Documentary Showcase hosted by the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C from June 17 – 24, 2020.
Guttierez is a student participant in the New Mexico History Day program and recently competed in the state competition in April 2020, where she took first place in the Senior Individual Documentary category. This is not the first time she has earned recognition for her scholarly achievement; Guttierez was also a national finalist for her documentary covering Robert F. Kennedy at the 2019 National History Day competition.
The New Mexico History Day program is hosted by the New Mexico Humanities Council, and the recent state competition was held virtually with students and schools from across the state. Students who qualified for the National History Day competition will participate virtually at the National contest June 17 – 24, 2020.
