since Hispanic heritage month is September 15 to October 15, i would like to make a thread of 5 Hispanics that made history.

1. this is Rita Moreno. Rita Moreno has been a household name for decades, ever since she captivated audiences with her fierce portrayal of Anita in 1961’s West Side Story. Rita would go on to cement her name in history by winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the role +

+ becoming the first ever Hispanic American woman to win an Academy Award. ( i would do more paragraphs but i have school)

2. Cesar Chavez. Born in Arizona to a Mexican American family, Cesar Chavez grew up around the people he later helped through his activism. The defining moment in Chavez’s life came when his family moved to California during the Great Depression to become farm workers, cementing+

+ his farmer rights.

3. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. In just a few short years, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become one of the major leading voices for Hispanic Americans in politics (sorry if this is short)

4. Roberto Clemente. A pioneer of the game, Roberto Clemente paved the way for Hispanic Americans in Major League Baseball.

The prolific right fielder was born in 1934 in Puerto Rico, joined the island’s amateur baseball league when he was 16 and made the professional league+

+ two years later at 18.

5. Julian Castro. Castro is of Mexican descent and was born with his twin brother, Joaquin, in San Antonio, Texas in 1974. His roots in Texas trace back to 1920, when his grandmother immigrated as a child to live with extended family. Castro credits his mother, a Chicana +

+ political activist, for his life in public service. He counted her influence as the reason why he and his brother, a U.S. Representative for Texas, are politicians.

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