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Patria, Minerva and María Teresa Mirabal—three sisters from a middle class family, all married with…
José Vasconcelos, Mexican educator, politician, essayist, and philosopher, whose five-volume autobiography is one of the…
Rigoberta Menchú was born on January 9, 1959 to a poor Indian peasant family and…
A poet, short story writer, novelist and essayist, Sandra Cisneros is often noted one of…
A noted feminist theorist and author, Gloria Anzaldúa paved the way for a more intersectional…
Best known for his success as a prolific poet, Jose Felipe Herrera uses much of…
One of the most vocal advocates for the LGBTQ community in U.S. government, Raffi Freedman-Gurspan…
John Leguizamo was born on July 22, 1964, in Bogotá, Colombia. He spent the mid-…
Dolores Huerta is a Mexican American labor leader and civil rights activist known for founding…
In 1974, Escalante took a job at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, California.…
