Cabrini High School freshman, Marcia Quispe, has been awarded the Jose Luis Banos Award for Excellence in Spanish by Sociedad Espanola.
The Honorary Consul of Spain in New Orleans, Maria Page, presented the award to Marcia Quispe at a ceremony hosted by Sociedad Espanola. Cabrini Assistant Principal and AP Spanish Instructor Vivian Deschapelles Coutin accompanied Quispe and as President of Sociedad, she opened the ceremony with a talk to the students about the importance of Spanish in the 21st Century.