Mercury News: Art that matters
Three Gilroy high school students won $3,000 in prizes from the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office’s “Justice for All” poster contest, which this year challenged Santa Clara County Students to raise awareness about online crimes such as catfishing and cyberbullying.
Christopher High senior Austin Abero received $1,500 for first place; Nataley Ramos, also a senior at Christopher, took second and got $1,000; and third place went to Maya Sanchez, a junior at Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy who received $500. The winners received their checks Thursday afternoon from Assistant District Attorney Terry Harman at the Neon Exchange in Gilroy, which houses the office’s Mariposas Resiliency Center for victims of violent crime and also displayed all 36 student posters submitted for the contest.