Luisa Moreno Research Paper

Imagine a world where the social and economic conditions for the farm workers and immigrants get worst year by year, where the discrimination among these people growth and never decline. What would happen to farm workers if Dolores Huerta shouldn’t have made any action to change their situation? This same question should be in the mind of many Americans who don’t appreciate all the effort and work that Huerta put in to change our nation. Persistent, powerful, brave, strong, simply a heroin are the best words to describe Dolores Huerta, who is one of the most important women who contributed to the creation of an equal and fair society in the United States because, she founded the Agricultural Workers Association (AWA) and also she helped create the National United Farm Workers Association (UFWA) with Cesar Chavez, she helped organize a nationwide boycott of abusive grape growers, and she founded the Dolores Huerta Foundation.

Hi my name is Angel De Cora. I was born May 3, 1871 in Nebraska. I died February 6, 1999 I was 47 when I died and I was in Massachusetts. I lived in Thurston Nebraska. The school I went to was In Hampton Virginia. My tribe was Ho-chunk. I was known for paintings and illustration. Some paintings I did was big land, or people together, or my tribe. I was famous because of my paintings. The paintings I did were so good I became a Famous Native American.

Catalina de Erauso, was born in an area of Spain, kenned as the Basque area. Her birth years was 1585. When Erauso was just at the ripe age of four years old, she was placed in a Dominican convent, where she went through training until the age of fifteen to become a nun. In the early part of the 1600's, Erauso was found to have ran away from the convent in which she had grown and trained in. In the process of her running away she transmuted her habiliments to look homogeneous to the fashions that men wore, and from that point on she commenced her life living as a man (SparkNotes: Lieutenant Nun).

The database of Chicano Por Mi Raza conveys the lives of these many great and inspiring women from the earth of history to the light. One of these great lives was of Sonia Lopez. Though it was hard to decide on which these women carried the best story, because many of their stories carried the weight of a great-lived history. However, Sonia’s story, her history resonated brighter and glowed with a greater depth. Her struggle in early life, political activism in and out of college, and her path toward Chicano academics is what makes her story an adventure that Robert Frost would say, “I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”

Esmeralda Santiago is a Puerto Rican girl that moved to Brooklyn, New York, when she was about to entered eight grades. She was the oldest from her eleven siblings, and the support of her mom because her dad did not want to move to New York. She did not know English and she didn’t have any idea of the American culture.

One of the influential people that made a huge impact in my life is my college professor who told me to never settle for less. She encouraged me to push the envelope and attempt to do things that are out-of-the-box. Her credentials and accomplishment in teaching is, for lack of a better word, overwhelming. She is strict, but fair. She saw my potential in teaching and told me that being a great teacher requires 4C's and 1P: competence, compassion, character, commitment, and passion. These are the things that remember by heart. Every time someone asks me who is my role model in teaching, I would always tell them that Mrs. Edith L. Ortega is the person I look up to up to this time. Even though she is nearing retirement, she still managed to keep

Valeria Luiselli is an award winning Mexican Author, a Librettist, a teacher at Hofstra University and an activist. Valeria luiselli has inspired the start of a program designed to help undocumented children, or minors who are referred to as immigrants in a foreign country as well as children and teenagers who are in need of help to accomplish their educational goals. Her sincere, and persuasive writing has impacted many lives and will continue to impact and influence lives.

Madonna Veronica Louise Ciccone, commonly referred to as the Queen of Pop, is one of the most influential female artists of her time. Her erotic and controversial beginnings created a look on feminism that was unheard of for her time. Pushing sexual boundaries, her iconic music changed the way Americans looked at female pop artists. Since the beginning of her career in the early 1980s, Madonna has created a culture that goes beyond just her style of music. Born in Bay City, Michigan, on August 16, 1958, Madonna Ciccone was the third of six children in a strictly Catholic household.

Selena Gomez says that “I never really said I want to be a role model. But then when it happened, I was so down for it”. Selena started her career when she was 9 on “Barney and Friends” as Gianna. Being on Barney and Friends puts Selena on track to become the actress and musician we all know. Most childhood actors have trouble transitioning from child acting to adult acting and Selena was no exception. She also has her own band called “Selena Gomez & The Scene” too. She started this band in 2008 and did a lot of music with the band after the band broke up, she went on with her solo career and has really become a star.

Have you ever heard of the samba dancing, Latin singer in the tutti-frutti hat? This very talented person would be Maria da Carmo Miranda da cunha, or Carmen Miranda, who succeeded her dreams of singing. Maria Emilia Miranda gave birth to Carmen on February 9, 1909 in Marco De Canaveses. After Carmen was born, her parents settled their family in Brazil, which is the home of the Portuguese immigrants. Miranda was raised in a strict Roman Catholic household. Nuns schooled her at the Santa Teresinha convent academy for girls. Her education ended at fourteen, when she had to work instead to help support her family. Carmen died at a young age of 46 on August 5, 1955, but she had still managed to advance her life before passing.

Silvia Otaola has been making jewelry for 9 years, creating extraordinary artistic jewelry pieces in the industry. Otaola graduated from the Glassell School of Art with a certificate of achievement with a major in jewelry. Otaola also has a certificate of achievement with a major in sculpture. Otaola is originally from Argentina where she grow up in an artistic family. She always enjoyed creating things with her hands. Her works have been featured in various exhibitions and shows in and out of Houston. Currently Otaola is an international student at Houston Community College studying fashion design. She wants to explore the fashion design industry so her artistic jewelry will perfectly match the cloth brand she will create.

I never knew what “love” really meant until July 7, 2016 when my niece Olivia Rose Osorio was born. Ever since that day I really know what love means. Olivia turned six months this month, on the seventh. My niece shows my family and I her intelligent and sweet side every single day. Olivia is the biggest blessing to me and our family.

Whatever you bite, chew, gulp or eat; your preferences have a direct and long-lasting effect on the most powerful organ of your body – brain. So which foods cause you to feel so sleepy after lunch or so restless at night?

Some of Mrs. Rivera’s interests are music and reading since she was a child. She says she would rather read a good book instead of playing mentally challenging games. Most of the books she enjoys reading are the stories that involve long adventures and consists of having both good guys and bad guys. Some of her favorite books consist of the Harry Potter Series, and the Chronicle of Narnia’s book which happens to own all of. She enjoys listening to classical music such as Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, etc. But she also enjoys listening today’s hits on the radio as long as they do not have any bad words within the song, and as long you can understand every word that they are saying. But out of all the songs she has heard from her earlier life till today her favorite songs remains to be Amazing Grace.

The island of Fernando Po (Republic of Equatorial Guinea) was first sighted by the Portuguese famous navigator named Fernando Po on the year 1471, for he is the one who have found the island of Fernando Po, it was named after him. The Portugal gained rights and control in this areas because the island and its neighbouring coast are chiefly visited by them. In 1778, the island of Annobon and Fernando Po are succeeded to Spain. Portugal’s intention is to have Spain took control of the Island and conduct their slave trade in Africa and in exchange, to recognize Portugal’s rights in Brazil.