Searching for Hispanic Talent
Vista Magazine (Chicago Sunday Sun-Times pull-out), cover story, February 8, 1987, by Constance Kwain.
Cover story on the Myrna Salazar and Associates talent agency; David is pictured with model Leticia Herrera under the caption “Plucked from the barrio.”
Salazar does not wait for talent to come to her but seeks it out in the neighborhoods. She found 17-year-old David Hernández on the street. A photo she made at their first encounter reveals a high school dropout with a caged expression, hunched shoulders, thumbs thrust in his beltloops. After posing lessons, haircuts, new clothes and several sessions before the camera—all at the agency’s expense—the contrast is startling.
The transformed Hernández is handsome, clear-eyed, dynamic. He has appeared in a national commercial for Domino’s Pizza and had a leading role in the TV movie Night of Courage, which was filmed in Chicago last August. He also has returned to school.
