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Eleventh of thirty-one profiles. Geisha Williams was a cashier in her parents' grocery store and ended up running California's largest utility.
Eighth of thirty-one profiles. Sandra Cisneros wrote in her twenties the book that defined Chicana literature, and she is still arguing with the country that teaches...
Fifth of thirty-one profiles. Luis von Ahn figured out how to use the seconds the world loses proving it is not a robot.
Fourth of thirty-one profiles. At 96 she is still organizing, and this year she made the hardest decision of her public life.
Third of thirty-one profiles. From the crews of the San Joaquin Valley to Harvard, and from Harvard to the operating room where the impossible tumors are...
Second of thirty-one profiles. Ellen Ochoa reached space in 1993 and twenty years later was running the center that trains the astronauts.
Heritage describes what someone left behind at death. The Census describes 70.1 million living people with a median age of 31.1.
National Hispanic Heritage Month exists because a president proclaims it annually. What it honors has been here four and a half centuries.
First of thirty-one profiles. Sonia Sotomayor reached the Supreme Court from the Bronxdale Houses, and along the way gave a country its baseball back.