Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month, sometimes also referred to as Latino Heritage Month. The celebration begins in the middle of the month, as a nod to the anniversaries of the national independence of several Latin American countries: Costa Rica,...
Empoderamiento latino – Ellen Ochoa

Empoderamiento latino – Ellen Ochoa

Ellen Ochoa, física, científica y astronauta de la NASA, fue la primera mujer de origen hispano en haber viajado al espacio. Aunque sus padres también nacieron en Estados Unidos, sus abuelos eran mexicanos provenientes de Sonora.  Nació en Los Ángeles, California...
Latino Empowerment – Ellen Ochoa

Latino Empowerment – Ellen Ochoa

Ellen Ochoa, physicist, scientist and NASA astronaut, was the first woman of Hispanic origin to have traveled to space. Although her parents were also born in the United States, her grandparents were Mexicans from Sonora. Ochoa was born in Los Angeles, California on...
Latino Empowerment: Rita Moreno

Latino Empowerment: Rita Moreno

Rita Dolores Alverío, Puerto Rican actress, singer and dancer, artistically known as Rita Moreno, has a career of more than 70 years. The daughter of a seamstress and a farmer, Moreno made her way to New York with her mother in 1936. She began her artistic career in...