La Maestra (The Teacher) Film Screening, hosted by the Center for the Blue Economy and the Wahine Project

La Maestra (The Teacher) is a half-hour documentary about a young Mexican woman who decides to follow her own path and in doing so, inspires other to do the same and changes her community’s expectations of what’s appropriate for girls and women. The film profiles Mayra Aguilar, a teacher in a tiny rural fishing village in Baja, Mexico, who becomes the first Mexican woman surfer in her area. The film shows how she has gone on to inspire both her students and other local women to take up the sport and follow their dreams. Through her deep connection to the ocean, Mayra has also become an environmentalist, teaching her students the importance of land and sea stewardship through hands on learning.

This film and two others will be shown in a series called “Tres Leches: 3 Tasty Surf Films from South of the Border.” Panel discussion with filmmakers follows screening. $10.00 donation benefits the Wahine Project, an advocacy group empowering young women to connect to the ocean.

For more information and tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2413630