Athletes
This professional baseball shortstop and third baseman played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball and is considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time.
Who is Alex Rodriguez?
This man was an American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers labor union with Dolores Huerta.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
Born and raised in Oakland, this artist and activist is known for her colorful political posters.
Who is Favianna Rodriguez?
This U.S. Senator from Texas ran for the Republican nomination for President in 2016. He placed 2nd behind Donald Trump.
Who is Ted Cruz?
This Mexican-American botanist discovered two new plant genera and 500 new plant species, making her one of the most famous Hispanic American scientists of all time.
Who is Ynes Mexia?
This former professional boxer won 11 world titles in six weight classes.
Who is Oscar de la Hoya?
This woman was an American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers labor union with Cesar Chavez. She is the originator of the phrase, “Sí, se puede.”
Who is Dolores Huerta?
This actor and composer is known for creating the Broadway musicals Hamilton (2015) and In the Heights (2005), and the soundtrack of Disney's Encanto (2021).
Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?
This woman, who is of Puerto Rican descent, became the first Hispanic American to serve as a member of the Supreme Court.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
This Mexican scientist and chemist won a Nobel Prize in 1995 for his research on how man-made compounds affect the ozone layer.
Who is Mario Molina?
This gymnast was a member of the U.S. Olympic Team in 2016 and won a team gold and an individual silver medal.
Who is Laurie Hernandez?
This civil rights activist received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011 for her role in the Mendez v. Westminster case which overturned racial segregation in California, U.S. schools.
Who is Sylvia Mendez?
This American guitarist rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, which pioneered a fusion of Rock and roll and Latin American jazz.
Who is Carlos Santana?
After first starring as a Fly Girl dancer on In Living Color, this actress, singer, and dancer has become one of the most successful businesswomen in the United States.
Who is Jennifer Lopez?
This woman made her mark by becoming the first Hispanic American woman to go to space with a nine-day mission in 1993.
Who is Ellen Ochoa?
This man was a Puerto Rican professional baseball right fielder who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He died in a plane crash while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
Who is Roberto Clemente?
This Guatemalan was the first person of indigenous descent to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992.
Who is RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ?
This Dominican-American poet and author was named the Young People’s Poet Laureate in September 2022.
Who is Elizabeth Acevedo?
This politician and activist represents New York’s 14th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
This woman has been called the next Einstein. When she was just 14 years old, she was the youngest human being to build an airplane, certify it airworthy, and conduct the first flight in that same aircraft.
Who is Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski?
This female soccer player made history by being the first person to play for both the Mexican and United States national soccer teams.
Who is Sofia Huerta?
This woman, who is of Puerto Rican and Venezuelan decent, is an iconic figure in the gay and transgender rights movement.
Who is Sylvia Rivera?
This Mexican painter is known for his large frescoes that helped establish the mural movement in Mexican and international art.
Who is Diego Rivera?
This woman was the first female and first Latin-American to serve as Surgeon General of the United States.
Who is Antonia Novello?
This woman of Puerto Rican descent became the first Latina president of the American Health Association in 1993.
Who is Helen Rodriguez Trías?