Casita Maria’s annual Fiesta 2008 was held at the Mandarin Oriental bringing out a big glamorous crowd for dinner and a night of dancing to the Latin rhythms of the Bob Hardwick Sound. Casita Maria is a 501@3 non-for-profit organization whose mission is to create a gateway of opportunity through after school education in the Arts, Literacy and Job Readiness while addressing critical needs for youth, families and seniors in predominantly Hispanic communities in the South Bronx and East Harlem.