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Why are they famous? What are some of the significant things this person did (3-4 sentences) Ricardo Arjona is a famous Latino artist who has sold more than 20 million albums(Herring,2013). When he was 21 years old, he came out with his first album, Dejame Decir Que Te Amo. The album was not a success for him, feeling discouraged, he moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina then later moved back to Guatemala where he was a schoolteacher for five years (Quintana, 2017). Jesus Verbo No Sustantivo, was a song that Arjona wrote about his Catholic upbringing, the song brought controversy, but it gained him a contract with Sony Records ((Bush, 2017). In 2000 he produced a record called Galería Caribe, which became his first ever number one album on the Top Latinos Hit Chart and in 2002 he received his first Latin Grammy with the album Santo Pecado ((Bush,

To begin with, El Hoyo is a story written by Mario Suarez; who is originally known as the first contemporary Chicano writer. In this short story, Suarez gives us a look into his hometown El Hoyo. In the first paragraph, Suarez describes El Hoyo as he once saw it. He uses spatial organization going near to far. Starting the paragraph “From the center of downtown Tucson, the ground slopes gently away to Main Street, drops a few feet, and then rolls to the banks of the Santa Cruz River.” (Suarez 93) At the same Time, Suarez also includes emphatic order by telling readers of El Hoyo’s rural location “downtown Tucson … to the banks of the Santa Cruz River” (Suarez 93) , to its’ inhabitants “Chicanos” (Suarez 93) , its Simple houses, Narrow

Soccer was a huge thing in my community so when one of my friends named Julio invited me to join his soccer team i got so happy i went to go buy new pairs of shoes to show them off and to this day i will never forget what those shoes were they were these blue and grey nike mercurial shoes. I went to my first game and that's when i met more people that also loved soccer like i did but they went to different schools so i didn't really know them. My team won the league and also the finals i was 8 years old when all this happened and as an award for winning the finals my team was rewarded with a huge trophy. What made that day the most memorable day of all is when i received a separate trophy and on the trophy it had written “Star player” that's when i

still got more of the attention because he was amazing at football. Lastly at the end

Cesar Chavez is best known for using non-violent methods to fight for the rights of migrant farm workers. It is people like Cesar Chavez that give people hope to continue, regardless of the situation. Cesar Chavez is also remembered for all of his very powerful speeches that made a difference in this world for Mexican-Americans. For instance, in his address to the Commonwealth Club of California, Cesar Chavez used diction and different types of rhetorical appeals and details to help change American history for Hispanics in order for them to gain better pay and working conditions.

Jesse Owens is one of the most well known runners to ever set foot on a track. He battled his way into the Olympics. He proved to the world that it doesn't matter where you come from. He stood apart from all the other runners, black or white. not because of the records he set, the titles he earned, or the medals he gained, but because of the way he gave people hope. For what he did for races all over the world, Jesse Owens truly was the greatest man alive.

What was the truth Juan Gerardi trying to find. Juan Gerardi was born on December 27, 1922 in Guatemala. He was raised religious he became a Roman Catholic bishop on May 9, 1967. He did two projects the two that he did were the Recovery of Historical Memory and exposing the truth about what happened during the armed conflict. He was killed in his house two day after he found the truth about the armed conflict on April 26, 1998 in Guatemala. “It's a right of the Guatemalan people to know the complete truth about the human rights violations and acts of violence that occurred during the internal armed conflict. ”-1996 Peace Accords

I consider Roberto Clemente my hero for three reasons: his origin, his character, and his skills. First, I believe Clemente's origins modeled his character because he was surrounded by poverty when he was young. Clemente once said, “If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better

One of the most renowned players of all time that changed the game the most is Micheal Jordan. He is one of the most versatile players that has played the game of basketball. He was a very successful player winning a number of championships and MVPs. With his ability to attack the basket, rules changed for the defense to allow him and other players to do it more often (Stephon). Another influential player was Larry bird, he was known for being a very hard worker.

He was important not just for what he did, but for what he said. Tupac Shakur was very versatile with his music, which brought him a lot of criticism. Many people don’t understand that Tupac’s views of the world were different ever since he was young boy. This was due to the fact that his mother and father were part of the infamous Black Panthers. “His mother, Afeni Shakur, was hit with 150 charges of conspiracy against the United States, while his stepfather, Mutulu Shakur, was on the FBI’s most wanted list.”

During my time surfing through the vast waves of the internet I had actually found one really interesting project that was funded by the World Bank. So apparently the World Bank had funded this project to pave a 900 mile road that opened the western Amazon to the rest of the people of Brazil, the road was known as BR-364. In the article I read we followed the life of one Antonio Carlos de Santos and a whopping 34 of his relatives who somehow fit all of them and their belongings on a truck headed for a chance at a better life. Now, back to the story at hand, things sound pretty dandy so far. The less fortunate people of Brazil would have a chance to go and make a living for themselves by using the land for farming, even the government along with some small private companies could use the enriched grounds to their advantage too.

He is famous for his hockey skills. He was a coach for one of this years all star team. He is a very good hockey player to. Wayne Gretzky also won four Stanley cups.

Well, you have nothing better to do than to be on this guy’s page. Well you're here, I guess I can tell you something about this dude. He is used to move to different places and schools, so he's not that social, fortunately he found shelter in soccer. He started playing since he learned how to walk, joining leagues to eventually have a one year contract with Chivas, the biggest Mexican team. This isn't a fairytale story, after one month of playing he got injured, tibial periostitis, I know you have no idea what that is but consequently to this he was out of the field for more than a year. After that one year period the team didn't renew his contract.

I picked Mia Hamm for my project because she started as such a little girl that loved soccer in a PeeWee League to the best female soccer player in the world. I learned from Mia to never give up on you dream and strive to achieve it. Mia Hamm inspires so many people because she shows that if you have a desire chase it and don't give up because you will get to where you want to be in life.

unemployment, but it may be difficult to measure the fear of losing jobs, fear of falling house values, uncertain retirement benefits, and opportunity costs for those fresh graduates who could not find jobs and had to stay back in school among several others. Many authors thus mostly rely on surveys and questionnaires to gauge the true level of losses.