Victor Cruz Research Paper

The person I did my essay on was Victor Cruz. Victor Cruz was born on November 11, 1986. He is from patterson nj. He is a wide receiver. He played college football at Massachusetts. He signed with the Giants in 2010. His number is 80. And Cruz put up 47 catches for 883 yards and eight touchdowns in his single season. Cruz can run 40 yards in 4.46 seconds. Also after two years of rehab, Cruz returned to NFL play on September 11, 2016.

Latino’s haven’t always had it easy in America, some were luckier than others. Hector Garcia growing up was one of the lucky ones. His parents were educators but their credentials were denied. They resorted to teaching their kids inside the home. The Garcia kids were pushed by their parents to become doctors, so they could have a better future. Hector Garcia graduated from the University of Texas and did his residency in Omaha, Nebraska. Garcia volunteered as a infantry officer during world war two, but was denied to practice medicine while in the army. He was eventually able to serve as a medical corps officer before he was dismissed

Ruben Salazar was born on March 3, 1928, in Ciudad Juarez, and moved to El Paso, Texas where he grew up. Ruben Salazar was a well-known journalist and activist who brought together Chicanos and Americans. He was one of the first non-white journalists in an all-white male profession and proved that he was just as capable of journalism as all of them. Salazar brought together Americans and Chicanos in many ways, he reported on Chicano events and put himself in between a very tense boundary. Salazar began as a journalist for The Los Angeles Times and became a foreign correspondent until a new more powerful Chicano movement brought him back. Salazar was the Times’ best choice to report on the movement and brought him back to Los Angeles to report

Diego Rivera was born in December of 1886 and first began creating art and murals at the age of three after the death of his twin brother. Young Diego's parents caught him drawing on the walls of their home but rather than punish him for it they instead nurtured his growing creativity. They installed canvas and chalkboard on the walls and let Rivera create as he saw fit. Even in his early years Diego knew what he wanted to be. When Diego Rivera was 10, he attended San Carlos school of fine arts where he furthered his love for art. In 1907, Diego Rivera continued his education in Europe. He there also met a few others who later became famous artistic figures. For example, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, and Piet Mondrian. The world in which Diego

Bang! The swords and spears of Francisco Coronado and his crew clashed against the Zuni tribe. You will explore interesting facts information about his life, reasons for his travels, and details about the land he explored. You will also find out how Francisco Coronado traveled through southwestern America and battled Native Americans.

Valeria Hernandez was born May 9th, 1999 in Fort Collins, Colorado. After six weeks of her birth, her family decided to move back home to Temosachic, Chihuahua MX. After two years of being there, they returned to Fort Collins. By this time, she was fluent in Spanish and beginning her life in the United States. Going into classes for preschoolers she began to understand the difficulties that lay ahead. During the first few months of her education, it was difficult being social by having a translator help her around in this new institution. After a few weeks, she learned enough English to understand directions on her own and to enjoy playtime with her new friends. Then came elementary school; attending a bilingual institution, for English and

Marisol Ortega was born on April 1,1994 and grew up in a family of eight and is the youngest of six siblings. She grew up and raised in the city of Bell and comes from a traditional Mexican household. Marisol is on her third year at East Los Angeles College and she is studying psychology with an emphasis in social behavior. She recently got accepted to the University of California, Santa Cruz and was awarded the Osher scholarship. Her future goal is to obtain a degree in psychology and a master’s degree in criminology with a minor in ethnic studies. She hopes to obtain a career as a forensic psychologist and as a educator.

His success in school and educational attainment was aided by his parents support, mentor and teachers help, and his self-driven personality. I believe that his ability to learn English so quickly was the prerequisite that allowed him to do well in school (Feliciano Lec. 2/24/16). Matt’s father continued to pull him and his brothers out from school early before the year ended until one day “the lead person of the farmworkers told [him] that he had to leave [them] in school” but by then he was already a sophomore in high school. Contrary to Lopez’s (2003) argument in her article that young men tend to be disengaged from their studies and appeal to the masculine association of their culture, Matt stayed focused in school and always stayed on top of his homework. I think that the reason he was able to stay focused in school and have a relationship with his teachers was because his dad would not let them dress up or hangout with cholos. Students of Mexican descent who define themselves as Chicano or Cholo tend to have lower educational attainment (Feliciano Lec. 1/25/16).

Gabriel Gonzales a sixteen year old from Albuquerque, New Mexico murdered in attempt on carjacking a couple. The incident happened at 6:30 pm at the Canyon Apartments after the couple had just returned from dinner where three armed juveniles including Mr. Gonzales attack the couple for the car. In which the man shot Mr. Gonzales in head and was rushed to the hospital where he died but if he had survived he was going to be charged with assault, procession of a weapon, and armed robbery. Before Mr. Gonzales death the young man was on probation for charged with assault, stealing spray paint, one iPhone, and taking a chain from the assault victim. He was not a model young man causing trouble for him and the reason for his actions was that he wanted to make a statement. His death was a self-defense case where the man who shot him was protecting his

Have you ever set a long-term goal and were so determined to meet that goal no matter what happened? Angela Duckworth states, “Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day in and day out. Not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years and working really hard to make that future a reality”. Sticking with a long-term goal, when you seem to have hit every bump in the road possible means that you contain grit. In class, we discussed how talent is inversely related to grit. Angela Duckworth did a study and made high school students take her grit test. In this test, she realized that the more grit that the student possessed, the higher chance that student would graduate.

Nicomedes Santa Cruz (Gamarra) was born on June 4, 1925, in La Victoria District, Lima, Peru, and was the 9th out of 10 children of Victoria Gamarra Ramirez and Nicomedes Santa Cruz (Aparicio). He moved to Lince, then Brena, both in Lima, due to his father. He finished elementary school at the age of 11, became an apprentice of a locksmith, then became a blacksmith himself. This was when he started writing poetry. Cruz opened a blacksmith shop in 1953, but closed it a few years later to focus on black culture. After joining Pancho Fierro musical company in 1957, Nicomedes became a decimero, a kind of minstrel that recites verses/poems. This led him into many fields like writing and directing plays, recording albums, directing radio and TV programs,

Jose de San Martin was a well loved army general, and liberator extraordinaire. So well loved, in fact, that when he arrived in Lima, Peru in July, 1821, a lady walked up to him, swooned, fell into his arms, and repeatedly said “Mi General! Mi General!” San Martin was humbled, and when she tried to leave his arms, he helped her up, and gave her an affectionate salute. This woman loved San Martin, but did all Peruvians? The country of Peru gained independence from Spain in 1824, but before that, independence was proclaimed on July 28th, 1821 by Jose de San Martin, the Argentine leader of the independence army. San Martin fought against the Royalist army led by Jose de la Serna in a series of battles, the declaration of independence was signed by the

When you talk about Federico Garcia, you have to mention where he came from and how he was inspired to create the works of astonishing art that changed the way that we see poetry and theatre today. Born at the dawn of the Surrealist movement, (Surrealism) Federico and his close friend Salvador Dali (His competition). His father owning a farm, Federico’s parents installed a very solid work ethic into him from a young age. His mother always told him “Go out and get what you deserve” and he did just what his mom informed him to do.

There are many people that you could say that they are a good person, Steven Fernandez is one of them. I feel that people see Steven Fernandez by what they see on social media. He is not how people think he is. Steven is a very good person because he puts a smile on many people’s faces and brightens up their day. He helps many people, he preserved from not having much to having a really wide fan base and even a clothing line brand which is called Honey.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” -- Winston Churchill. People do not realize the trueness of this statement. This quote means that success will not last forever, and failure is not fatal; Having the courage to keep moving forward is what it takes to truly win or succeed. Progress is made through failures; rarely is anything achieved from the first attempt.