Martha Montoya, creator of the award-winning Los Kitos comic strip, joins U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) in celebrating May as National Tennis Month during the Taste of Tennis Weekend extravaganza, and the Hispanic outreach program for Hispanic kids in Southern California.

The event will take place May 1st noon to 3 p.m. at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center at UCLA. ³Our Hispanic community is eager to provide the best education to our kids. The sport of tennis provides a framework of discipline and endurance for the child to build on,² added Montoya, who, will sign autographs and give away Los Kitos items at Taste of Tennis.

The partnership is also part of a year-long outreach program USTA and Los Kitos have launched to introduce Hispanic youth in Southern California to the various opportunities tennis can offer to help provide them with a healthy and successful life.