Latinas Making History

Internationally acclaimed Isabel Angelica Allende, has released her 25th book with, Violeta, published January 2022. Born in 1942 in Lima, she was raised in Chile and lives in the United States. She is among the worlds’ most important women novelists as well as a feminist and philanthropist with more than 75 million books sold. Ms.…

Chicana activist, Dolores Huerta, was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Obama (2011). She was the co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America (UFWA) and a labor leader of Chicano farm workers since 1968. Currently (12/01/2021) she speaks across the country as the founder and president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation supporting equality…

“What interests me, what challenges me, and what could get me a job later†… Born in Los Angeles on May 10, 1958, Dr. Ellen Ochoa was the first Latina and second woman astronaut, and now the 11thDirector of the Johnson Space Center. She served as Deputy Director since 2007 before becoming the director in…

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…

…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…

…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…

“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…