Educator

José Hernández,
A Million Miles Away

In the vast expanse of the universe, there are stories that remind us of the…

José Vasconcelos,
The “Cosmic Race”

José Vasconcelos, Mexican educator, politician, essayist, and philosopher, whose five-volume autobiography is one of the…

Gloria Anzaldúa,
Chicana Feminist

A noted feminist theorist and author, Gloria Anzaldúa paved the way for a more intersectional…

Jose Felipe Herrera,
Current Poet Laureate

Best known for his success as a prolific poet, Jose Felipe Herrera uses much of…

Sylvia Mendez,
Precedent for Brown vs
Board of Education

As the daughter of a Mexican immigrant and a Puerto Rican immigrant, Sylvia Mendez was…

John Leguizamo:
Man of Many Faces

John Leguizamo was born on July 22, 1964, in Bogotá, Colombia. He spent the mid-…

Jaime Escalante:
Ganas is all you need.

In 1974, Escalante took a job at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, California.…