Alejandra Acosta Leyva
Mexican writer
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Cynthia Aguayo
Mexican poet
Sara Edén Alatorre
Mexican editor, translator, short story writer, essayist and poet
Phyllis Gutiérrez Kenney
In 1967 Kenney co-founded The Latino Association, which initiated a volunteer program providing educational and childcare services to migrant children. This initiative evolved into the Washington Citizens for Migrant Affairs, now known as Inspire, which secured federal funding to establish childcare centers across Eastern Washington.
Rebecca Saldaña
Rebecca Saldaña is a prominent activist in the Pacific Northwest advocating for social change.
Rosalinda Guillen
Rosalinda Guillen is a farmworker and justice leader as well as the Executive Director of Community to Community Development.
Yolanda Padilla
Dr. Yolanda Padilla is an associate professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell.
Yolanda Alaniz
Chicana socialist working for women, LGBT, workers’ and immigrant rights
Dr Janelle M Silva
Dr. Janelle M. Silva has dedicated years of activism in the classroom to teaching students of all ages about power and social structures in the Pacific Northwest.
Bev Barnum
She founded the group known as ‘Wall of Moms’, a group of mothers dedicated to protecting protestors from the military tactics used by federal agents and local law enforcement during peaceful protests.