Latino leaders speak : personal stories of struggle and triumph /
""People do not define you," Soledad O'Brien's Cuban mother repeatedly told her children. "You define yourself." And so this mixed-race, first-generation Latina American would go on to succeed in her field, ultimately becoming an anchor for CNN. O'Brien's...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Houston, Texas :
Arte Público Press,
[2017]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Mickey Ibarra, Founder & Chairman, Latino Leaders Network
- Henry Bonilla, Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives
- Susan Castillo, State Superintendent of Schools, State of Oregon
- Joaquín Castro, Congressman, Texas' 20th District
- Francisco G. Cigarroa, Physician & Chancellor, The University of Texas System
- Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary of Housing & Urban Development
- Virgilio P. Elizondo, Reverend Father & Professor, The University of Notre Dame
- Lily Eskelsen-Garcia, President, National Education Association
- Alberto R. Gonzales, U.S. Attorney General
- Carlos Gutiérrez, Businessman & U.S. Secretary of Commerce
- Luis Gutiérrez, Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives
- José Hernández, Astronaut, NASA
- Maria Hinojosa, producer, author & journalist
- Dolores Huerta, civil rights activist & President, Dolores Huerta Foundation
- Mel Martínez, U.S. Senator & U.S. Secretary of Housing & Urban Development
- Robert "Bob" Menéndez, U.S. Senator
- Omar Minaya, General Manager, NY Mets
- Gloria Molina, County Supervisor, Los Angeles County
- Richard Montañez, author & Executive Vice President, PepsiCo
- Janet Murguía, President & CEO, National Council of La Raza
- Soledad O'Brien, journalist, producer & anchor, CNN
- Federico Peña, Mayor, City of Denver
- Thomas E. Pérez, Chair of the Democratic National Committee & U.S. Secretary of Labor
- William "Bill" Richardson, Governor, New Mexico
- Adam Rodríguez, actor & screenwriter
- Ken Salazar, U.S. Secretary of the Interior
- María Elena Salinas, News Anchor, Univision
- Ricardo Sánchez, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army
- Hilda L. Solis, U.S. Secretary of Labor
- Lionel Sosa, author, advertising executive & artist
- Julie Stav, financial expert & best-selling author
- Leticia Van De Putte, Texas State Senator
- Nydia M. Velázquez, Congresswoman, New York's 7th District
- Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa, Chairman, Democratic National Convention & Mayor, Los Angeles.