NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 4: Susan Gutfreund and Carlos Souza attend Valentino Kick Off For Casita Maria's Fiesta 2018 at Valentino Boutique on October 4, 2018 in New York. (Photo by Owen Hoffmann/PMC) *** Local Caption *** Susan Gutfreund;Carlos Souza
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Photo by Owen Hoffmann/PMC

Carlos Souza was the guest of honor at a champagne reception at the Madison Avenue Valentino store celebrating both Casita Maria’s upcoming Fiesta 2018 Benefit Tuesday October 16, and his new book COMPORTA BLIST, published by Assouline.

Guests included Susan Gutfreund (above), Martha Bograd, Jennifer Creel, Amy Fine Collins, Denise DeLuca, Jackie Weld Drake, Joanna Fisher, Sissi Fleitas, , Mark Gilbertson, Elizabeth Jacoby, Ann Dexter-Jones, Eleanora Kennedy, Margo Langenberg, Mercedes Levin, Tara Milnes,  Dimity Giles de Milberg, Horacio Milberg, Elizabeth Peabody,  Ben Rodriguez-Cubenas, Jean Shafiroff Alexandra Seegers, Mary Snow, Sabrina Wirth-Sokolik,  Benny Tabatabai, Eglantina Zingg, and Alicia Young. 
 
Fiesta 2018 will honor Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Mary Snow, and Carlos Souza at The Plaza Hotel on October 16. The Dinner Chairmen are Jacqueline Weld Drake, Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia, and Carlos Mota. This year’s Honorary Chairs are Elizabeth Peabody, Christine Schwarzman, and Lynn Wyatt.
Tickets are still avialable: https://www.casitamaria.org/events/fiesta
 
Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education offers high quality, innovative in and after school arts programming to over 1,000 students daily in their state of the art facility in the South Bronx. Casita’s enriching programs produce engaged, well-rounded individuals, who go on to fulfill their dreams.