Judith Baca
Chicana lesbian feminist artist
Chicana lesbian feminist artist
Founder and Managing Director of More Than Support, a disability services agency providing support to people with physical and mental disabilities.
American poet
Black Honduran American writer, founder of The Bronx is Reading and creator of Honduran Garifuna Writers.
Pam Muñoz Ryan has written more than 40 books for young people of all ages.
American fiber artist
Writer, artist and military veteran
Grammy Award-winning Latin recording artist whose contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican American entertainers of the late 20th century.
Tina Ramirez combined her artistic vision with years of performance and teaching experience to create and sustain the nation’s preeminent Hispanic-American dance company and school, Ballet Hispanico.
In the 1970s, she became one of the most celebrated performers on the “cowpunk” circuit (a hybrid of punk rock and country).