Virginia Montanez

@ginny.bsky.social

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Author (Nothing. Everything. 2023), historian, columnist, essayist, founder of Make Room for Kids at Mario Lemieux Foundation and co-founder of PastFinders.app. Creator: nextabstract.com

A computer screen with a black box hovering over a large white box. Inside the black box is text about Make Room for Kids. The white box has a partially blocked logo for Make Room for Kids
A plastic bin filled with steel worker gear including two US Steel hardhats, work boots and safety glasses
An agave with a massive bloom stretching past the glass ceiling of the Phipps Conservatory.
A young woman in black shorts is crouching near a snake on a sidewalk. Her back is to the camera. She is holding a walking stick.
A vintage black and white photo of dancer and actor Gene Kelly leaning against a wall while wearing a casual sweatshirt and looking fine as hell
A Jack Russell sits in the grass in front of an in-ground pool while watching two hanging bird-feeders hung from hooks
A soft black kitten with green eyes wearing comfortably in cupped hands
A photo of a two page magazine spread featuring photos of magazine pages
An indigo evening sky with a bit of orange ombré behind the silhouette of a tree. Two glowing planets appear as stars.
Writer Virginia Montanez and Nancy Angus, president of Mario Lemieux Foundation, stand in front of a beer cooler while smiling. Montanez is holding a tip jar. Both are wearing black sleeveless tops
Makeshift grave marker for Mac Miller
A grey t shirt with Artemis in white lettering
A screenshot of a magazine page featuring a photo of Harry Houdini
Pittsburgh mayor Corey O’Connor
Three people stand in a semi-circle chatting and laughing. The men have their hands in their pocket. The lone woman has her head thrown back in laughter.
A young boy sitting cross-legged on a black chair while holding a game controller laughs at the screen. Two young girls are also gaming, with one seated while attached to medical equipment. A young man in the background assists a female child with a game.
A volunteer helps a young patient with gaming on an Xbox while standing next to a black chair. The Xbox is on a rolling cart.
Acrisure Stadium on a sunny day with a small scale football field in the foreground
A photo of Market Square in Pittsburgh under construction with a modern curved structure behind construction barriers. The PPG Tower rises in the background
Photo of a teenaged Virginia Montanez sitting at a desk writing on a clipboard with a pencil while her glasses rest alongside. A white hard hat with NASA is also there. A fake window behind her shows a 1990s-era space shuttle blasting off the launchpad
A cartoon drawing of a Coneman superhero over a photo of gridlocked traffic.
A photo from the 1930s showing the interior of Kaufmann's department store. A female sales clerk is assisting a female shopper while a man walks in the background. The flooring is a diamond tile shape.
An orange and black floral arrangement in front of a painting of a steel mill with similar colors
A plate of pierogi, sour cream, kielbasa and sauerkraut on a marble table
Burger with bacon on an outdoor table with a blue tray and blue and white checkered napkin
Kamala Harris is grossed out
Headline “PennDOT wants motorists to plan now for July Parkway East closure” with a photo of bridge construction
A small rectangular stone that says Mary next to a much larger flat memorial stone
The grave of Josh Gibson 1911-1947 with a baseball card and baseball resting on it
Virginia Montanez standing next to a lectern while speaking to an audience with a screen next to her
Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato holding a basket of yellow flowers
A theater program for Eureka Day being held in front of a stage backdrop.
Artist Thaddeus Mosley standing in front of his large wood sculptures while holding chiseling tools