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Lionel Messi

Octaviano Larrazolo

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Ellen Ochoa

Sylvia Mendez

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Gabriel García Márquez

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez

Octaviano Larrazolo

Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo was elected Governor of New Mexico in 1918. He was later elected to the U.S. Senate in 1928, becoming the first Hispanic American to serve in the U.S. Senate.

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Ellen Ochoa

Ellen Ocho is an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center. She was the first Hispanic woman to travel into space, and she worked as a mission specialist aboard the space shuttle Discovery.

Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist who won the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Selena Quintanilla-Pérez

Selena was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, businesswoman, model, actress, and fashion designer. Referred to as the "Queen of Tejano music", her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century.

No Me Queda Mas (Official Music Video)

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Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi is a soccer player with FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. He has won FIFA's Player of the Year six times. Messi has won the European Golden Shoe for top scorer six times.

Click here to watch an overview of Messi's life and review his stats

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Sylvia Mendez

Sylvia Mendez is a civil rights activist. At age eight, Sylvia and her family secured an early legal victory in the push against school segregation in the Mendez v. Westminster case.

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Carlos J. Filay

Carlos Juan Finlay was a Cuban epidemiologist recognized as a pioneer in the research of yellow fever. Finlay discovered the disease was transmitted through mosquitoes.

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Explore Latino Art Midwest

Use the link below to meet local Latina/o artists of various mediums and view their art.

Mike Girón- Benson Plant Rescue

Maria Gapar- Installation Artist

Use these links to discover mork work from local artists

Famous Cuban Folk Song: Guantanamera

Rough Translation: I am a truthful man from this land of palm trees. Before dying I want to share these poems of my soul.

Guantanamera was originally written in 1929 as a patriotic song about Cuba. The tune has evolved through the years and used in struggles for peace and justice across Latin America and the U.S. It has been recorded by a remarkably long and diverse list of artists, including Joan Baez, the Fugees, Jimmy Buffett, Jose Feliciano, Julio Iglesias, Pete Seeger, and numerous others.

Empanadas

Empanadas are hand-sized savory pies that can be found all over South America. Every country and area has its own variation of the dish. All follow the same basic culinary guideline — a soft pocket of dough that’s stuffed with a scrumptious, savory filling.

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Book Trailers

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe

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Lucky Broken Girl

Charlie Hernández & the League of Shadows

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez

Salvador Vidón is also an unusual kid because he is able to open portals into alternate universes with his mind. He meets Gabi Reál who is a bit suspicious of his explanation about the mysterious things that happen when he is around.

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Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar

In the 1960s, Ruthie and her family are recent Jewish-Cuban immigrants living in New York City. After a car accident, Ruthie suffers terrible injuries and she is placed in a full body cast. Confined to bed and totally dependent on others, Ruthie’s physical world narrows, but as others come to visit her, Ruthie begins to collect stories and her emotional and intellectual world expands.

Charlie Hernández & the League of Shadows by Ryan Calejo

Charlie spent his childhood listening to his abuela’s tales of Hispanic mythology. One day, in middle school Charlie experiences a strange transformation which suggests those tales weren’t myths after all. He is thrown into a world which is both familiar and bizarre, and with the help of his friend, Violet, Charlie follows clues from a map in his mother’s locket that takes him on a hair-raising adventure.

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