Since it’s National Hispanic heritage month (the most untalk about month) , let me educate you guys about things that Latinos invented/ the 1st Latinos to do something

(a thread)

Starting off with...
Ellen Ochoa
- on April 8, 1993, she became the first Hispanic woman in the WORLD to go to space. In 2013, she became the 1st Hispanic director of the Johnson space center in Houston, Texas

Sylvia Rivera
- she’s a mixed race of Venezuelan-Boricua trans woman. She was a LGBT activist who fought tirelessly fought for trans right. With the amount of fighting she did , Sylvia’s place and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project were name after her fighting the T in LGBT

Luis Miramontes
- to those who are on the pill, give a big shoutout to this guy because this mexican chemist the one who created birth control and has been receiving multiple recognitions and is the top 40 most important inventions

Rita Moreno
- Puerto Rican actress has built an award-winning career in all types of films (West Side Story, Electric Company, etc.) and became the first Latina to be elevated to have won a Peabody, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award

Sonia Sotomayor
- coming from the bronx, she graduated from Princeston and Yale to become the first US District Court Judge, and then Supreme Court. She’s the first Latina Supreme Court justice in US history

Isabel Perón
- The first Latin America’s first female president. Her husband at the time was the president of Argentina and after suffering series of heart attacks , he passed away and she took in charge until she was forced to move to Spain in 1976

Guillermo Gonzales Camarena
- this Mexican electrical engineer invented of a color-wheel type of color television. He also introduced color television to the world

Selena Quintanilla
- As we all know the queen of Mexicano Tejano music. She’s one of the most influential Latin artist of all time winning a Grammy in 1993 and a gold record in 1994
(It’s still f*** Yolanda till its says backward)

Julia de Burgos
- from Carolina, PR , she was a successful poet in PR but struggled to get her work in the US. She was proud to be the Afro-Latina she was and her work inspired many upcoming poets

Maria Elena Salinas
- you’ve probably seen her on your tv screen once in your life. She’s the longest running female news anchor on US television and the 1st latina to recieve a lifetime achievement Emmy. She has always used her platform to cover issues that affect Latinos

Frida Kahlo
- she’s one of the worlds famous artists and activist during the Mexican revolution. Though she dealt with many struggles during her life, it didn’t make her stop doing what she did best, PAINT

Vico C
- also known as the “father of reggaetón”. He was born in NY but raised in Puerto Rico. He started his rapping career in 1985 by making his homemade tapes and sell them out to all kind of people and this led to the uprising of reggaetón

Esteban Bellán
- from Havana, Cuba , he became the first latin-born player in a top professional league. He moved back to Cuba to educate those the games (he’s not the first to teach Cuba) pero with his career many people were inspired by him

Lleana Ros-Lehtinen
- the 1st Latina to be in the US House of Representatives; the 1st latina and the 1st Cuban-American in Congress; and the 1st woman to ever be chair of regular committee of the House

Dr. Domingo Liotta
- the creation of this aregentino inventor is displayed all over the world to see the importance of it. He gifted himself by doing the procedure of the first artificial heart (that he created) to be transplanted

Roberto Enrique Clemente
- Roberto played right field for 18 seasons in the MLB for the Pirates. He became a hall of fame in 1973 , becoming the first Latin American and Caribbean player to be enriched

José Ferrer
- from Puerto Rico, he's the first Latino and Hispanic person to be nominated for and win an Oscar, receiving a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Joan of Arc and winning Best Actor for Cyrano de Bergerac.

Octaviano Larrazolo
- He was elected to the Senate in 1928, becoming the first Hispanic to be elected as the US senate. He became ill soon after taking office and died just six months into his term. But the unfortunate end didn’t prevent him from making his mark in history

Due to popular demand...
Gladys Zender
- from Contamana, Loreto, Peru, she was a Peruvian model and beauty queen who became the 1st latina to win Miss Universe in 1957

Alfonso Teofilo Brown
- from Colón, Panama , Alfonso was a Panamanian professional boxer. He made history by becoming the 1st Hispanic World Champion and is know 1 of the greatest boxers in history

Cesar Chávez
- Union leader and labor organizer Cesar Chavez was born near Yuma, Arizona. Chavez dedicated his life to improving the treatment, pay and working conditions for farm workers. He co-created the United Farm Workers Union #SiSePuede

José “Chepito” Áreas
- a famous percussionist who played in the rock group Santana for 2 stints. He’s now a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and remains a favorite in Nicaragua

Carlos Santana
- From Autlán, Mexico, Santana has worked his to becoming a world famous guitarist. His group, “Santana” has won 10 Grammies and 3 Latin Grammies. In 1998, the group was ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

had to take a break session due to school work but up next is..
Roque Dalton
- Roque Antonio Dalton was a Salvadoran poet, writer, journalist, political activist, and intellectual. He is considered one of Latin America's most compelling poets

Lin-Manuel Miranda
- born in NY, he’s in Latin American rapper, singer, actor, playwright, and is widely known for creating and starring in the Broadway musicals “Hamilton”.
(Which I’m going to see next month )

Joe Arroyo
- if y’all get up for “la rebelión” and dance to the story he’s telling , ILY pero anyways he was a Colombian salsa and tropical music singer, composer and songwriter. He‘s known as one of the greatest performers of Caribbean music in Colombia

Diego Forlán
- he’s a Uruguayan former professional soccer player who played forward. He’s known as one of the greatest Uruguayan players of all time. He is a two-time winner of both the Pichichi Trophy and the European Golden Shoe

Virginia Elenor montes
- she went by Ginny Montes but she was a civil rights activist and feminist who was the first Latina to become a national officer of the National Organization for Women
(No lo puedo buscar una foto de ella )

Claudia Poll
- born in Nicaragua, Claudia is a Costa Rican swimmer who competes in the 200m-800m freestyle events. She is Costa Rica's only Olympic gold-medalist, having won the country's first Olympic gold medals at the 1996 Olympics.

Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga
- he’s a former world No. 1 tennis player from Chile. He’s the first Latin American player to reach the top position on the Association of Tennis Professionals singles rankings in 1998.

Jefferson Pérez
- a retired Ecuadorian race walker. He has won the only two medals his country has ever achieved in the Olympic Games. He won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics, becoming the youngest-ever gold medal winner in the 20 km walk event. (He knew how to WALK)

I know there’s so many Latinos i could add but if you want to mention someone, pls keep adding on to this thread!!!
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There’s only so much I can do and pls don’t take it offensive if I miss a country (I tried my best) or added an emoji of a flag that isn’t Latino country

Alright with the amount DM’s I keep getting , I’ll add a person everyday.
if you added on to the thread , I’m not going to add that person on to it because it’s not right to copy and the info that I’ve seen is really good!!

Isabel Allende
- from Lima, Peru, this Peruvian Chilean writer, who is famous for her novels. Allende has sold more than 57 million copies, and her work has been translated into 35 languages. In 2014, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Obama

Paulina Rubio
- I still fan girl when I see her on tv lmao but this mexicana is a singer, actress, hostess, model, and businesswoman. With how far she has pursued with her singing career , she’s widely known as the “Queen of Latin Pop”