Linda Chavez-Thompson
Mexican-American labor rights activist
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Captain María Inés Ortiz
Capt. Ortiz, who grew up in Puerto Rico, served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and was killed by mortar fire in the Green Zone of Baghdad on July 10, 2007. She was the first Army nurse killed in combat since the Vietnam War.
La India
One of the most influential and beloved salsa singers
Marina Nuñez Del Prado
Marina Núñez del Prado was one of the most widely acclaimed sculptors of Latin America.
Rita Vidaurri
Las Tesoros de San Antonio are a group of elder women performers who teamed up to preserve Mexican and bicultural musical expressions through their singing and storytelling.
Janet Cortez
Las Tesoros de San Antonio are a group of elder women performers who teamed up to preserve Mexican and bicultural musical expressions through their singing and storytelling.
Beatriz Llamas
Las Tesoros de San Antonio are a group of elder women performers who teamed up to preserve Mexican and bicultural musical expressions through their singing and storytelling.
Blanquita Rodríguez
Las Tesoros de San Antonio are a group of elder women performers who teamed up to preserve Mexican and bicultural musical expressions through their singing and storytelling.
Josephine Lobato
For decades, Josephine Lobato has created embroidered renditions of cultural memories, enactments, and folk histories.
Herminia Albarrán Romero
Herminia Albarrán Romero learned the art of papel picado (Mexican paper cutting) as a child growing up in the small Mexican village of San Francisco de Asís, south of Mexico City.