For more than 50 years, Dolores Huerta has worked tirelessly as a civil rights and women’s activist. The Mexican-American is perhaps most known for … Read More
Innovators
For Hispanic Heritage Month, we are featuring men and women who have not only made incredible strides in their careers but introduced fresh ideas pioneering change in the country and the Latino community. These are all intelligent, optimistic and accomplished individuals who make us all proud to be Latino.
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ROBERT RODRIGUEZ changing the way Hollywood makes movies
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It was on the wide margins of his grade school Spanish-English dictionary where film director-writer Robert Rodriguez discovered his passion. Instead of … Read More
PITBULL rockets into mainstream, cherishes what America has to offer
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He may be known as Mr. 305 and Mr. Worldwide but in an interview last year, music sensation Pitbull was Mr. Softie. The always smiling, laughing, high-energy … Read More
SONIA SOTOMAYOR, the first Latina Supreme Court justice, paves the way forward
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Why does it seem so many Latinos connect with Justice Sonia Sotomayor? Justice Sotomayor has made history as the first Latina Supreme Court justice, and it … Read More
TOMÁS ALVAREZ teaches kids to beat life’s troubles with rhymes
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Tomás Alvarez says he always gravitated towards working with young people, and he also had a passion for hip hop. Today, he says he feels blessed to be able … Read More
With modernized calderos and comales, MANNY GAUNAURD spreads the joy of Latino cooking
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At first, he thought it was a joke. When Manny Gaunaurd, founder and CEO of Hispanic cookware manufacturer IMUSA, that ubiquitous maker of calderos and comales, … Read More
YAMILE JACKSON designs nurturing device for premature babies
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As she looked down at her little boy - who at just 1 pound, 15 ounces was no bigger than the palm of her hand - behind the glass of the incubator, Yamile … Read More
JOE FERNANDEZ is betting Klout is all the influence you’ll need
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Video by: Ignacio Torres What is influence? More importantly, how do you measure it? Joe Fernandez -- whose family’s journey took them from Cuba, to Las … Read More
ESTELLE RABONI teaches teen pregnancy prevention as a path to prosperity
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Estelle Raboni does not just talk to Bronx, New York teens about teen pregnancy prevention. She and her staff fold the importance of avoiding teen pregnancy … Read More
What if children’s burns healed faster? ANJELICA GONZALEZ is working on it
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Video by: Ignacio Torres Looking up from a microscope in her tidy lab, Anjelica Gonzalez pauses to take notes and scribbles some observations. A biomedical … Read More
