Overview

Central City Productions launched it’s “Know Your Heritage Hispanic College Quiz Show” series for “Hispanic Heritage Month” in September, 2008.

Air Dates

September 11, 2010 to October 31, 2010

Participating Schools

• Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
• Arizona Western College
• California State University
• Colarado State University-Pueblo
• Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College
• Los Angeles Southwest College
• Trinity University
• University of Houston-Downtown

 

Host

Zoraida Sambolin

About the Host

Zoraida Sambolin is the co-anchor of the weekend edition of NBC5 News Today. She is also a special assignment reporter and fill-in news anchor for Telemundo Chicago. Sambolin joined the NBC5 News team in the summer of 2002. Before coming to NBC5, Sambolin was the creator and Emmy award-winning host of "Small Talk for Parents" on WYCC-TV and "Nuestros Ninos" on WSNS-TV from 1999 to 2002.These series covered a wide range of topics specifically of interest to those with children from birth to age eight. They included the latest research in early childhood issues, current trends in education, childcare, health, safety and expert advice.

Prior to Sambolin's hosting duties, she was the director of broadcasting for the Chicago City Colleges.

A Chicago native, Sambolin attended Loyola University, and is bilingual. She is married with two children and lives in Chicago.

 

Co-Host

T-Bone

About the Co-Host

Veteran West Coast rapper, T-Bone has set the rap game ablaze with rapid spittin’/tongue-twistin’ skillz. His mission is to illuminate the darkness that has descended upon Hip Hop with his mind-boggling versatility and gritty messages of positivity. With seven CD’s of his own, he has rocked the mic alongside righteous artists from Kirk Franklin to Yolanda Adams and collaborated with mainstream artists like KRS-One and Mack 10. He was born and raised in the Mission District of Northern California. His father is from Nicaragua and his mother is from El Salvador. Though his parents were both pastors, he got caught up in the gang world until tragic circumstances caused him to flip what he was rapping about and turn his life over to God. He says that Hip Hop is the language of the streets, God is the language of Love, and he mixes the two together to form amazing results.

Hispanic Heritage Month

Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15, the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries—Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico declared its independence on September 16, and Chile on September 18. The term Hispanic, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, refers to Spanish-speaking people in the United States of any race. On the 2000 Census form, people of Spanish/Hispanic/Latino origin could identify themselves as Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or "other” (Spanish/Hispanic/Latino). More than 35 million people identified themselves as Hispanic or Latino on the 2000 Census.

Purpose & Objective

The purpose of the “Know Your Heritage Hispanic College Quiz Show” series is to encourage the appreciation of Latino heritage by all people in an entertaining quiz show format. The quiz show series objective is to generate a high level of excitement and enthusiasm by featuring Hispanic College students from around the country and showcase their knowledge and skill of Hispanic history.

Scholarship Awards

Scholarship money is awarded to each participating school plus the winning team.

Endorsement by HACU

The Know Your Heritage Hispanic College Quiz is endorsed by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities. The mission of HACU is to serve as the International Voice and Advocate for the preservation and enhancement of Latinos in Higher Education.