Rigoberta Menchu Tum

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Let there be freedom for the Indians, wherever they may be in the American Continent or elsewhere in the world, because while they are alive, a glow of hope will be alive as well as a true concept of life.  Menchú. “Peace cannot exist without justice, justice cannot exist without fairness, fairness cannot exist without…

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Antonia Coello Novello, M.D.

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…was the first female and first Latina to become Surgeon General of the United States. Dr. Novello served from 1990 to 1993 promoting antismoking, Aids education, and improved health policy for minorities. By 1999 to 2007 she became commissioner of the New York State Department of Health focusing on programs as Child Health Plus and…

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Edith Ramirez

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…was appointed by President Barack Obama and began work on March 4, 2013 until 2017 as the chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission, the agency in charge of protecting consumers and enforcing antitrust laws in the United States. She protected consumers and promoted competition in the technology and healthcare sector safeguarding consumer privacy, and protecting…

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SONIA SOTOMAYOR

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“after a time you may recognize that the proper measure of success if not how much you’ve closed the distance to some far-off goal but the quality of what you’ve done today.†The path that led Supreme Justice Sonia Sotomayor to succeed in meeting her goal to become a judge began by developing as a…

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Ramonita Rivera, Civic Leader

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Mrs. Rivera was a passionate civic leader helping to organize several organizations in her community. Her steadfast dedication brought much needed services to an area that was impoverished and underserved in the Northeast area of Philadelphia mainly made up of a mixed population of Latinos and Afro Americans. Ramonita, as her community lovingly addressed her,…

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CARMEN MEDRANO

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It is without doubt that some of us have our environment shape us in such a way that we cannot elude our calling, even if we tried. I met Carmen Medrano at an Immigration Reform Training in New Brunswick, NJ.  She was one of the leaders from the People Improving Communities through Organizing (PICO) National…

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NACHA ROCA

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Nacha Roca – “DESDE EL FIN DEL MUNDO” “FROM THE END OF THE WORLD†THE HISTORY OF US, THE “WEAKER SEX” ….. We understand history as part of the collective social heritage. What does this mean? It means that to a certain extent history belongs to us, the history of a people belongs to its…

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YAONI SANCHEZ

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Born in Havana, Cuba on September 4, 1975, Yaoni Sanchez is an influential blogger and a real heroine for her fearless narrations of life in Cuba. She has earned multiple awards and is followed by over a million readers between various websites, and her own Generation Y blog site. Her articles have earned her numerous…

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