{"id":23911,"date":"2021-01-11T14:52:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T19:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=23911"},"modified":"2021-06-04T10:58:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T14:58:24","slug":"mdc-alumna-named-to-video-game-awards-future-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-alumna-named-to-video-game-awards-future-class\/","title":{"rendered":"MDC Alumna Named To Video Game Awards Future Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hialeah Campus alumna Natalie Flores was named part of the <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/thegameawards.com\/future-class\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Future Class of 2020<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by The Game Awards, an annual ceremony that honors achievements in the video game industry.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It recognizes individuals across the world who want to diversify the gaming industry. The 50-member list includes multiple backgrounds in the industry, such as esports, development, journalism and content creation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flores has written for publications like<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Fanbyte<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VICE<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PC Gamer<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paste<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> magazine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019d like to envision an industry that learns to properly value inclusivity and diversity, and that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">joins other artistic mediums in pushing for a better society,\u201d Flores said. \u201cI hope I can represent that for some\u2014the idea that people who look like me and have experiences like mine are limitless in our potential and growth, no matter how many systemic obstacles are placed in our way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flores, who graduated from Miami Dade College in 2017,\u00a0 is a senior studying English literature at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emory.edu\/home\/index.html\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Emory University<\/span><\/a><\/span> in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hialeah Campus alumna Natalie Flores was named part of the Future Class of 2020 by The Game Awards, an annual ceremony that honors achievements in the video game industry.\u00a0\u00a0 It recognizes individuals across the world who want to diversify the gaming industry. 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