Politics
First Latina and the first woman from Nevada to be elected to the U.S. Senate.
Who is Catherine Cortez Masto?
Before Senator Cortez Masto was elected in 2017, she was the second woman to serve as the Attorney General of Nevada. Before her political career, Senator Cortez Masto worked as a civil attorney in Las Vegas and a criminal prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C.
Created the first album to be at the top of the Billboard 200 list.
Who is Selena Quintanilla?
Selena was the first Tejano female artist to win Best Mexican-American Album for her last album. Dreaming of You hit the top of the Billboard Top 200 and it was the first album by a Latina that reached the top.
she was appointed U.S. Surgeon General by President George H.W. Bush as both the first Hispanic person and the first woman to serve in the role. Served as Vice Admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
Dr. Antonia Novello
Criticized politicians for their lack of action on Gun Law reform repeating the words, "We call B.S."
Emma Gonzalez
The creator of the beauty blender.
Who is Rea Ann Silva?
Mexican and Portuguese-American makeup artist Rea Ann Silva created one of the most iconic beauty tools used today.The unique egg shape of this sponge-like tool came to Silva during a special effects makeup class when she learned the value of makeup application with different sizes and shapes of beauty tools.
The youngest congresswomen to be elected.
Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
AOC is the youngest woman and youngest Latina to ever serve in the United States Congress. She is most well known for her progressive politics, community activism, and her wide-reaching social media presence.
The first hispanic to win have EGOT status.
Who is Rita Moreno?
The first and only hispanic/latina to win a emmy, grammy, oscar and tony award.
The creator of Hand Sanitizer
Who is Lupe Hernandez?
In 1966, nursing student, Lupe Hernandez, realized alcohol in gel form could be an effective way to clean hands when soap and water weren’t available.
was the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City. Besides taking the name for that first, she was also a writer and a puppeteer.
Pura Belpré
The Pura Belpré Award was established in 1996 as a homage to her. It is a children's book award presented annually to the Latinx writer and illustrator whose work best portrays and celebrates the Latinx cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and yout
First Hispanic person to win a Nobel Prize in Literature.
Gabriela Mistral
Born as Lucila de Maria del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga in Chile in 1889, poet and educator
First Cuban and Latina woman ever to be elected to Congress.
Who is Ileana Ros-Lehtinen?
Ros-Lehtinen is also the first woman to represent Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives. She was elected to Congress in 1989 as the representative for Florida’s 27th congressional district.
Chicana folk singer who uses her music as an avenue for social change.
Joan Baez
became the first Hispanic dean of nursing at New York University and was the founder of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses to advocate for Latinx nurses. The American Academy of Nursing named her a “living legend” in 1994.
Dr. Ildaura Murillo-Rohde
Award winning indigenous environmental activist from Honduras, is best noted for leading a grassroot campaign opposing a Dam on the Gualcarque River
Berta Caceres
The creator of the breast pump.
Who is Elena T. Medo?
California-born Latina Elena T. Medo patented the breast pump with wall vacuum in the late ’90s. This entrepreneur is dedicated to making breast milk more available for all babies.
First Latina ever to become mayor of a major U.S. City.
Who is Heather Fargo?
Fargo was elected Mayor of Sacramento in November 2000 and served in the position until December 2008. Before becoming mayor, Fargo was elected to the Sacramento City Council in 1989. Fargo is also an advocate for women in politics and continues to encourage women to run for office.
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Mexicana women in tech, would go on to work as one of the only Latinas at Google and YouTube, and then she became a founding member of Twitter’s international team, where she led Twitter en Español.
founded (and acting as CEO of) Atipica in 2015. It’s a recruiting software start-up that uses artificial and human intelligence to help companies make bias-free decisions when hiring employees.
Laura I. Gomez
cofounder of the United Farm Workers. fights for economic improvements, helped improve the lives and wages of farm workers, and supported laws that included the 1960 bill to permit Spanish-speaking people to take the California driver's test in Spanish.
The famous empowering words "Sí, se puede" come from civil-rights activist"
Dolores Huerta
First Latina and first woman of color to serve as Governor in the United States.
Who is Susana Martinez?
Martinez was elected Governor of New Mexico in 2011, and she served in the position until 2019. She prioritized keeping communities safe, ensuring all students receive a high-quality education, and diversifying and growing the state’s economy. Prior to her governorship, Martinez served three terms as a district attorney from 1997 until 2011.
Longest-running female news anchor on U.S television and first Latina to receive a Lifetime Achievement Emmy.
Who is Maria Elena Salinas?
She always used her platform to cover issues that affect Latinos today, including the plight of unaccompanied immigrant children, as well as being an active philanthropist.
Known as the next "Albert Einstein” is a cubana from Chicago. At just 24 years old, the physicist has a résumé that even veterans of her field can’t match. Shes also known working in a ivy league studying high energy physics. And started showing signs that she’d break barriers in 2003, back when the then-10-year-old started taking flying lessons.
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski
The person to "put the "t" in LGBT activism
Who is Sylvia Rivera?
Sylvia Rivera, a mixed race Venezuelan-Puerto Rican trans woman, was a pioneering LGBT activist who fought tirelessly for trans rights, and with Marsha P. Johnson, they created the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) organisation, which provided a home for trans people living on the streets in 1970s New York.