Famous Actors
Famous Singers
Important Figures
Saint Ann's Employees
Miscellaneous
100
This actor, of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent, plays Wednesday Adams in the new Netflix show Wednesday. She also voiced Princess Isabel on Disney's Elena of Avalor.
Jenna Ortega
100
This Mexican-American singer was born in Texas and known as the "Queen of Tejano music". She was born in 1971 and tragically killed in 1995.
Selena Quintanilla Perez
100
This Puerto Rican-American woman became the first ever Latina Supreme Court Justice in 2009
Sonia Sotomayor
100
You know her as the Latine Affinity Space teacher
Adriana Villegas!
100
Olga Merediz is a Cuban-American actor known for playing roles as a grandma in the movies Encanto and In the Heights. Which one was she was NOT actually the main character's grandmother
In the Heights
200
This Mexican-American actor is best known for portraying America Chavez in the Marvel film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Xóchitl Gomez
200
This Cuban was known as the "Queen of Salsa" and was known for her songs like "Quimbara"
Celia Cruz
200
This Mexican-American activist co-founded the National Farmworkers Association with Cesar Chavez. She is also credited with coining the slogan "Si, se puede"
Dolores Huerta
200
This Saint Ann's employee grew up in Miami and teaches Health in the Middle and High School
Melísa Garber-Browne
200
Frida Kahlo, the artist who was known for her naïve folk art style, was born in which Central American country?
Mexico
300
This actor, of Colombian and Bolivian descent, rose to fame in her role as Rosa Diaz on Brooklyn 99. You probably know her best though as the voice of Mirabel in Encanto
Stephanie Beatriz
300
This Cuban-American artist rose to fame with the song "Conga" as the lead singer of the Miami Sound Machine. She also earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2017.
Gloria Estefan
300
This Mexican-American astronaut was the first Latina woman to travel to space. She later became the first Latina to become the director of the Johnson Space Center
Ellen Ochoa
300
This Saint Ann's employee is a Rec Arts teacher and coached 6th Grade Basketball
Alex Delacruz
300
Elizabeth Acevedo is a Dominican-American author who wrote which best-selling book that Mr. Ryle's class read?
The Poet X
400
This Honduran actor is known for her roles as Betty Suarez on Ugly Betty and as Amy Sosa on Superstore. She also helped create Angel City FC in the National Women's Soccer League.
America Ferrerra
400
This Puerto Rican-American artist actually started off as a dancer on the show In Living Color before recording songs like "Jenny from the Block." She is also engaged to Ben Affleck
Jennifer Lopez
400
This Venezuelan-Puerto Rican trans woman was a pioneer in the LGBTQ+ movement, and played a major role in the Stonewall riots alongside Marsha P. Johnson
Sylvia Rivera
400
This Saint Ann's employee used to teach Community Meeting and is a History teacher in the High School; she is also the 10th Grade Dean
Amanda Martinez Robiolio
400
Crissy Cáceres is the Head of School at which Brooklyn Independent School
Brooklyn Friends
500
The Puerto Rican actor paved the way for Latinas in the acting industry through her role as Anita in the 1961 film West Side Story.
Rita Moreno
500
This Colombian singer has been called the "Queen of Latin Music" and is known for songs like "Whenever, Wherever" and "Hips Don't Lie." In 2011, she received the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year Award
Shakira
500
This Guatemalan woman is a human rights activist for Indigenous people in Central American. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992.
Rigoberta Menchú
500
This Saint Ann's employee is the 11th and 12th Grade Dean; she is also a Prep for Prep Alum
Veronica Rivera
500
Joshua's grandmother, who was born in Puerto Rico, recently celebrated her 83rd birthday. What does Joshua call his grandmother?
"Wita"