Category: Outstanding Hispanics

Photo courtesy of miramarcemetery.com Earning his pilot’s wings months before the attack on Pearl...

Born in New York in 1951, Oscar Hijuelos published his first novel, “Our House in the Last World”,...

The world has grown to love the musical magic of Carlos Santana. Since he first began creating his...

A fourth-generation Coloradan, Polly Baca-Barragan took an interest in politics while at Colorado...

In an industry dominated by Anglo males, Linda Alvarado is one of a handful of female executives...

Committing herself to the social movement of the sixties, Graciela Olivarez built her career...

After being rejected by NASA Space Program in 1985, Ellen Ochoa resubmitted her application two...

Accomplishing a feat that only a handful of fighters have attained in the history of professional...

Son of poor migrant workers, Patrick Flores was ordained a Catholic priest in 1956. For 14 years,...

A beautiful woman with an equally beautiful name, MTV Video Jockey Idalis’ name means “wise.”...

Journalist and TV talk show Cristina Saralegui is the Spanish equivalent to Oprah Winfrey. Leaving...

Granddaughter of Lorenzo De Zavala, vice president of the Republic of Texas, Adina Emilia De...