¡Con brío! - PROGRAM SAMPLER

The ¡Con brío! authors wish to express a very sincere and heartfelt thanks to the many individuals who were instrumental in making this fourth-edition project possible. We acknowledge and applaud our splendid artists who so cleverly captured the spirit of ¡Con brío! in their extraordinary illustrations. Special gratitude is extended to Dorothy Beck, Professor emerita from Black Hawk College for her support, and to Professor Clara Camero from Oklahoma Northeastern State University. We also thank our colleagues, Julie Hanger for her constant support over the years, and Keith Bonnstetter and Brittany Kenney for their ongoing use of ¡Con brío! We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Janet H. Sedlar, Senior Lecturer and Spanish Language Coordinator at the University of Chicago, for her contributions to this textbook and in particular, for the ¡Diálogos en acción! section and accompanying activities. For their contributions to ¡Diálogos en acción! , we want to thank Izaskun Indacoechea, María Cecilia Lozada, Helena Mateos, Alejandro Maya, Verónica Moraga, Diego and Gladys Navarro, and Briseida Pagador. For their generous assistance in answering questions and providing photos and information, we acknowledge and thank Dr. Clara Camero, Bettina Díaz de Bolger, and Carlos Schwalb. Al Dawson, our in-house editor who answered countless questions and assisted in multiple other capacities, deserves a very special thank you. For their critically important observations and comments, we wish to thank the following reviewers from across the nation: Catalina Adams, Winthrop University Jane Addeo, Anne Arundel Community College Susana Alaiz Losada, CUNY - Queensborough Community College M. Nieves Alonso-Almagro, Suffolk County Community College Verónica Álvarez, Golden West College Stacey Amling, Des Moines Area Community College Guillermo Arango, Otterbein University Corinne Arrieta, American River College Edward Baranowski, California State University - Sacramento María Bauluz, Santa Clara University Olga Bezhanova, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Marie Blair, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Aymara Boggiano, University of Houston Mayra Bonet, Otterbein University Keith Bonnstetter, Black Hawk College Aránzazu Borrachero, CUNY - Queensborough Community College Alicia Bralove, CUNY - Bronx Community College Cathy Briggs, North Lake College Rosa María Brink, DePaul University Elaine Brooks, University of New Orleans Daisy Bustio, CUNY - La Guardia Community College Silvia Byer, Park University María Cristina Campos Fuentes, DeSales University Beth Cardon, Georgia Perimeter College Oriol Casanas, University of Denver María Castelo Millán, Rutgers University Leon Chang Shik, Claflin University Thomas Claerr, Henry Ford Community College Marcos Contreras, University of California, Santa Barbara Victoria Contreras, University of Texas - Pan American Mayra Cortes-Torres, Pima Community College - Northwest Campus Acknowledgments José Cruz, Fayetteville Technical Community College Stephanie Daffer, University of Texas at El Paso Ángeles Dam, Norwalk Community College Ana María de Barling, West Valley College María Teresa de Gordon, Neumann University Ingrid de la Peña, Chestnut Hill College Sandra Del Cueto, Northampton Community College Anna Diakow, Northwestern University Aida Díaz, Valencia College Walberto Díaz, Southwestern College Paula Ellister, University of Oregon Luz Marina Escobar, Tarrant County College - Southeast Campus Cindy Espinosa, Central Michigan University Ronna Feit, Nassau Community College Leah Fonder-Solano, University of Southern Mississippi Sarah Fritz, Madison Area Technical College Martha Gallegos, Otterbein University Benjamín García Egea, Marshall University Ana García, City College of San Francisco Luisa García-Conde, CUNY - Queensborough Community College Monica García, California State University - Sacramento Tania Garmy, University of Tulsa Claudia Geller, CUNY - College of Staten Island Blanca Gill, Cosumnes River College Yolanda González, Valencia College Diana Good, Black Hawk College Marie Guiribitey, Florida International University Bridgette Gunnels, University of West Georgia Sergio Guzmán, College of Southern Nevada - Cheyenne Campus Josef Helebrandt, Santa Clara University Marilyn Henry, Bucks County Community College Milvia Hernández, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Virginia Hojas, Ohio University Eric Holt, University of South Carolina - Columbia Silvana Hrepic, Cuyahoga Community College - Metropolitan Campus Chris Hromalik, Onandaga Community College Christine Huhn, Marshall University Stacy Jazan, University of California, Los Angeles Roberto Jiménez-Arroyo, University of South Florida Sarasota - Manatee David Julseth, Belmont University Jorge Koochoi, Central Piedmont Community College Luisa Kou, University of Hawaii at Manoa Roxana Levin, St. Petersburg College Leticia López-Jaurequi, Santa Ana College José López-Marrón, CUNY - Bronx Community College Nuria López-Ortega, University of Cincinnati Francisco Martínez, Northwestern Oklahoma State University Sergio Martínez, Alamo Colleges - San Antonio College Alejandro Maya, University of Chicago Kara McBride, Saint Louis University James McCallister, University of New Orleans Ana Menéndez-Collera, SUNY - Suffolk County Community College Clifton Meynard, University of New Orleans Ivan Mino, Tarrant County College - Southeast Campus Charles Molano, Lehigh Carbon Community College Sintia Molina, St. Francis College Lizette Moon, Houston Community College - Northwest College, Spring Branch