Gallery: Hispanos Unidos hosts Entra a La Plaza to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

The student cultural group Hispanos Unidos hosted a night of celebration for Hispanic Heritage Month, inviting students, faculty, staff, and the city of Abilene for Entra a La Plaza. The event featured food and desserts from Takos Locos and Mary’s Paleteria, free for the first 500 students. Various hosts set up experience stations featuring flower crowns, Loteria, face painting and a petting zoo. The officers of the Hispanos Unidos organized raffles, served pupusas and danced to the music.

: A photo booth is set up during Entra a La Plaza at the Campus Mall in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

: Alex Palomino, engagement coordinator for Hispanos Unidos and junior computer science major from Hobbs, NM, and Sarah Sosa, treasurer for Hispanos Unidos and junior engineering major from Brownsville, dance to the music. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

: Attendees clap to the beat at Entra a La Plaza. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

: Averie Siller, secretary for Hispanos Unidos and junior psychology major from Abilene, and Valerie Hayes, junior psychology major from Wimberly, greet guests at Entra a La Plaza. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

: Jeongah McIntyre, senior psychology major from San Antonio, sits to eat at Entra a La Plaza. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

: Students line up outside a Mary’s Paleteria food truck for free deserts. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

: A chief for Takos Locos serves grills up chicken at Entra a La Plaza. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

: Students line up for Takos Locos at Entra a La Plaza. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

: Ana Romero, senior multimedia major from Abilene, grabs food from the Takos Locos booth. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

: Veronica Summers, director of international student services, serves pupusas at Entra a La Plaza (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

: Kristian Valdes, sophmore interior architecture and design major from Tomball, serves pupusas at Entra a La Plaza. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)