Ellen was eleven years old when she saw the astronauts land on the moon on TV. Although it was exciting to watch, Ochoa didn’t consider a career as an astronaut because she was a girl and at that time only men were in the space progam. It was 14 more years before Sally Ride was […]
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Isabel Allende’s published 23 and sold a total of 74 million books. She writes in her first language, Spanish, and translates the books into English when they are finished. Allende was born in Peru to Chilean parents. Her parents separated, and she and her mother moved to Chile. After high school, she worked as a […]
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Rock, country, folk, mariachi, opera, bluegrass, jazz; Linda Ronstadt loved to sing them all. She pursued her singing passions, even when her record labels discouraged her from orbiting in additional genres. Linda possesses talent, good sense, and great taste, and most of her albums turned platinum. She’s sold over 100 million records. Linda Ronstadt was […]
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Delores Huerta is one of only six Latinas to have won the Presidential Medal of Freedom. President Obama presented her with the award in 2012 for her lifetime of social justice organizing to improve the lives of agricultural workers. Delores was born in New Mexico in 1930. When her parents split up, she moved to […]
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