Hispanics
Breaking Barriers – Alphabetical Index 2nd Series
The following
list is an alphabetical index to the “Somos Primos” series “Hispanics
Breaking Barriers” by Mercy Bautista-Olvera. Mercy sought out 5 Latinos who
had lead the way in obtaining a position, historically, seldom or never held by
a Latino. The biographies are inspiring, each filled with unique family history.
These are current heroes, on the job now! Their agency of employment, plus place
of birth have been included, to emphasize that as Latinos we are from all over
the world and we are in fact, now, fulfilling leadership roles throughout the
United States.
Name
Title
Where
Place of birth
Somos Primos Issue
|
Aguilar,
Irene |
Colorado
State Senate, District 32nd |
Denver,
Colorado |
Chicago,
Illinois |
December
2012 |
|
Alonzo,
Roberto |
House of Representatives, Texas, 104th
District |
Texas |
Crystal
City, Texas |
July
2013 |
|
Amaya,
José Miguel |
Member
of the Commission for Presidential Scholars |
The
White House |
Iowa? |
February
2012 |
|
Anchía,
Rafael |
Texas
House Representative |
Texas |
Miami,
Florida |
October
2011 |
|
Andrade,
Esperanza (Hope) |
State
Secretary, New Mexico |
New
Mexico |
San
Antonio, Texas |
October
2012 |
|
Archuleta,
Bob |
Member
of the United States Military Academy Boar Visitors |
United
States |
California |
February
2013 |
|
Archuleta,
Katherine |
Political
Director |
The
White House |
Colorado |
September
2011 |
|
Areizaga-Soto,
Judge Jaime |
Senior
Attorney Advisor, General Counsel
|
United
States Agency for International Development (USAID
Virginia |
Puerto
Rico |
December
2011 |
|
Arnavat,
Gustavo |
United
States Executive Director at Inter-American Development Bank
|
United
States |
United
States |
November
2011 |
|
Arroyo,
Felix G. |
Boston
City Councilor At
Large |
Boston,
Massachusetts |
Boston,
Massachusetts |
May
2013 |
|
Arvizu,
Alexander A. |
U.S.
Ambassador to Albania |
Albania |
Japan
(U.S. Army Base) |
November
2011 |
|
Baca,
Sylvia S. |
Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Land, and Minerals Management. |
Colorado |
Colorado |
March
2012 |
|
Barrientes,
Colonel Abel |
Mobilization
Assistant to the Director of Operations (J3), Headquarters U.S. Pacific
Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii |
Hawaii |
San
Antonio, Texas |
November
2012 |
|
Bernal,
Judge Jesus |
District
Judge for the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
|
California |
Sinaloa,
Mexico |
March
2013 |
|
Bustamante-Adams,
Irene |
Nevada
42nd District,
Carson |
Nevada |
Hanford,
California |
February
2012 |
|
Campos,
Nora |
California
State Assembly Member District 27th |
San
Jose, California |
San
Jose, California |
May
2013 |
|
Cardenas,
Antonio “Tony” |
Representative
for California’s 29th Congressional District |
California
|
Pacoima,
California |
April
2013 |
|
Castillo,
Alejandra |
National
Deputy Director of the Minority Business Development Agency |
United
States |
New
York |
March
2012 |
|
Castillo-Kickbusch,
Consuelo |
Activist
and Educator |
United
States Military |
Laredo,
Texas |
November
2012 |
|
Ceja,
Alejandra |
Executive
Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for
Hispanics |
The
White House |
Huntington
Park, California |
July
2013 |
|
Cervantes,
Joseph K. |
Texas
State Senator, District 31st |
Texas |
Las
Cruces, New Mexico |
February
2013 |
|
Chavez,
Ana Maria |
United
States Chief Executive Officer of Girl Scouts
|
United
States |
Eagle,
Arizona |
September
2012 |
|
Chavez-Vasquez,
Estela |
New
Jersey General Assembly Legislative District 20th |
New
Jersey |
Brownsville,
Texas |
October
2011 |
|
Cigarroa,
Francisco G. |
Presidential
Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence |
Laredo,
Texas |
Laredo,
Texas |
September
2011 |
|
Cortez-
Masto, Catherine |
Attorney
General |
Nevada |
Nevada |
January
2012 |
|
Cruz,
Rafael Edward ‘Ted” |
United
States Senator, Texas |
Texas |
Calgary,
Canada |
February
2013 |
|
Cruzado,
Waded |
Board for international Food and Agricultural
Development |
White
House |
Mayaguey,
Puerto Rico |
March
2013 |
|
Espinosa,
Judge Carmen |
Connecticut Supreme Court |
Connecticut |
Yabucoa,
Puerto Rico |
June
2013 |
|
Fraga,
Luis
|
President’s
Advisory Commission member, Educational Excellence
|
The
White House |
Corpus
Christi, Texas. |
January
2012 |
|
Gallego,
Pete |
United
States Representative, Texas 23rd
Congressional District |
Texas |
Alpine,
Texas |
December
2012 |
|
Gama,
JoAnn |
Presidential
Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence |
The
White House |
Houston,
Texas |
September
2012 |
|
Gamboa,
Dr. Egasmo |
Associate
Professor of Chicano Studies and Adjunct Associate Professor of History
and Latin American Studies |
University
of Washington |
Texas |
July
2012 |
|
Gándara,
Patricia |
President’s
Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence
|
California |
Long
Beach, California |
November
2011 |
|
Garcia,
Mildred |
President
of California State University, Fullerton |
Fullerton,
California |
Puerto
Rico |
July
2012 |
|
Garza,
MD, PhD., Cutberto |
New
Academic Vice president and Dean of Faculties |
The
White House |
Texas |
March
2013 |
|
Gomez,
Gabriel |
Former
SEAL Platoon Commander, Candidate U.S. Massachusetts Senate
|
Massachusetts |
Los
Angeles, California |
July
2013 |
|
Gonzales,
Nita |
President/CEO
of Escuela Tlatelolco Centro de Estudios |
Colorado |
Colorado |
November
2012 |
|
Gonzales-Ramos,
Judge Nelva |
Judge,
Southern District of Texas |
Southern
District of Texas |
Port
Lavaca, Texas |
January
2012 |
|
Gonzalez-
Rogers, Judge Yvonne |
Federal
Judge, Northern California |
U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of California |
Houston,
Texas |
January
2012 |
|
González,
Judge Steven |
King
County Superior Court Judge |
Washington
State |
Claremont,
California |
March
2012 |
|
Grijalva, Raul |
United States Representative, Arizona
3rd District |
Arizona |
Tucson,
Arizona (Pima County |
December
2012 |
|
Guzman,
Dr. Ana Margarita |
Member
of the National Security Education Board for the Obama Administration. |
The
White House |
Cuba |
July
2012 |
|
Hernandez,
Roger |
California
State Senate representing 20th District. |
California
|
El
Monte, California |
October
2011 |
|
Herrera,
Juan Felipe |
California Poet Laureate |
California |
Fowler,
California (San Joaquin Valley) |
September
2012 |
|
Hinojosa,
Judge Ricardo H. |
Chief
Judge |
Southern
District of Texas |
Rio
Grande City, Texas |
January
2012 |
|
Hinojosa,
Ruben E. |
U.S.
House of Representative for Texas 15th
Congressional District |
Texas
15th Congressional District |
Edcouch,
Texas |
April
2013 |
|
Hueso,
Benjamin |
Assemblymember
California State Senate representing 79th District |
California
State Assembly |
San
Diego, California |
April
2012 |
|
Huizar,
Jose |
Member
of the Los Angeles City Council representing 14th District |
California |
Zacatecas,
Mexico |
March
2013 |
|
Jordan,
Judge Adalberto Jose |
United
States Judge, Court of Appeals, Eleventh
Circuit. |
Miami,
Florida |
Cuba |
October
2012 |
|
Lizárraga,
Dr. David C. |
Community
Development Advisory Board member |
United
States Department of Treasure |
Los
Angeles, California |
September
2012 |
|
Lopez,
Alfonso |
Member
of the Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. |
Virginia |
Virginia |
July
2012 |
|
López
De León, María |
Member
of National Council on the Arts |
The
White House |
San
Antonio, Texas |
March
2013 |
|
Lopez,
George A. |
Commentator
on Governmental Repression, Human Rights Violations |
United
States |
|
July
2013 |
|
Lopez-Rogers,
Marie |
Mayor of Avondale, Arizona and President of
the National League of Cities (NLC), |
Arizona |
Arizona |
February
2013 |
|
Lujan
Grisham, Michelle |
United
States Representative, New Mexico, 1st Congressional
District |
New
Mexico |
Los
Alamos, New Mexico |
December
2012 |
|
Marmolejo
Garcia, Marina |
U.S.
Federal Judge |
Southern
Judicial District of Texas |
Nuevo
Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
December
2011 |
|
Marquez
Leon, Jose |
Member of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Advisory
Committee for Diversity in the Digital Age |
United
States Nationwide |
Cuba |
November
2011 |
|
Martinez,
Judge
Alex J. |
Manager
of Safety, city and County |
Denver,
Colorado |
Denver,
Colorado |
April
2012 |
|
Mendez,
Antonio “Tony” |
CIA
Agent |
United
States |
Eureka,
Nevada |
June
2013 |
|
Mendoza,
Judge Salvador |
Superior
Court Judge for Benton and Franklin counties |
Washington
State |
Washington
State? |
June
2013 |
|
Mendoza,
Susana |
City Clerk of Chicago |
Chicago |
Chicago,
Illinois |
March
2012 |
|
Molina,
Gloria |
Member
of Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors |
Los
Angeles County |
Montebello,
California |
April
2013 |
|
Morales
Dr. Hugo |
California
State University Board of Trustees |
California
State University |
Oaxaca,
Mexico |
September
2012 |
|
Nájera,
Albert |
U.S.
Marshal |
Easter
District of California |
Sacramento,
California |
December
2011 |
|
Napolitano
Flores, Grace |
United
States Representative, California, District 38th |
California |
Brownsville,
Texas |
November
2012 |
|
Negrete McLeod, Gloria |
United States Representative, California, 35th
Congressional, District |
California |
Los
Angeles, California |
December
2012 |
|
Neira,
Maria |
Member
of the Advisory commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics
Advisory Commission |
New
York |
Puerto
Rico |
November
2012 |
|
Nuñes,
Devin |
United States Representative for California’s 21st
Congressional District |
California |
Tulare,
California |
November
2012 |
|
Padilla,
Alex |
California
State Senate, 20th District. |
California |
Pacoima,
California |
October
2012 |
|
Pabon,
Dan |
Colorado
State Representative 4th District |
Colorado’s
4th District |
Colorado |
May
2013 |
|
Quijano,
Annette |
Assembly
member |
New
Jersey General Assembly, Legislative District 20th Legislative
|
New
Jersey |
October
2011 |
|
Ramos,
Judge Edgardo |
Judge
for United States District Court |
Southern
District, New York |
Ponce,
Puerto Rico |
February
2012 |
|
Reynoso,
Julissa |
Ambassador
to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in South America |
Uruguay
(South America) |
Salcedo,
Dominican Republic |
April
2013 |
|
Rodriguez,
Lt. General David M. |
Commander
of the NATO-led
International Security Assistance Force and Deputy Commander of U. S.
Forces in Afghanistan. |
Afghanistan |
West
Chester, Pennsylvania |
September
2011 |
|
Rodriguez,
Judge Raymond |
First
Hispanic Judge Elected or appointed from Staten Island |
Staten
Island, borough of New York |
Staten
Island, borough of New York |
May
2013 |
|
Romo,
Ricardo |
Member
of the Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics |
The
White House |
San
Antonio, Texas |
July
2012 |
|
Saenz-Ryan,
Maritza |
New
Head of the U.S. Military Academy’s Department of Law
|
West
Point |
New
York |
October
2011 |
|
Salas,
Judge Esther |
Federal
Judge, District of New Jersey |
District
of New Jersey |
Monterey
Park, California |
September
2011 |
|
Saldaña,
Diana |
Judge
for United States District Court |
Southern
District of Texas |
Carrizo
Springs, Texas |
February
2012 |
|
Saldaña,
Sarah Ruth |
United
States Attorney |
Northern
District of Texas |
Corpus
Christi, Texas |
March
2012 |
|
Salinas,
Angela Major General |
United
States Major General |
United
States |
Texas |
October
2012 |
|
Sandoval,
Judge Gerardo |
Superior
Judge |
San
Francisco, California |
Los
Angeles, California |
October
2011 |
|
Tapia,
Richard |
National
Medal of Science, Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering
Mentoring |
Rice
University |
Los
Angeles, California |
April
2012 |
|
Tapia
Hadley, Zuraya |
Director
of the Mexican American Leadership initiative and Director of
Communications |
Washington
D.C. |
Mexico
City, Mexico |
May
2013 |
|
Tejada,
J. Walter |
Arlington
County Board Member |
Arlington,
Virginia |
El
Salvador (Central America) |
February
2012 |
|
Telles,
Dr. Cynthia Ann |
Advisory
Commission on Educational Excellence
|
The
White House |
Texas |
December
2011 |
|
Torres,
Judge Amanda |
Justice
of the Peace for Precinct 1, Place 1 |
Nueces
County District |
Corpus
Christi, Texas |
October
2012 |
|
Torres,
Norma |
California
State Senator, California, 32nd District
|
California |
Guatemala
(Central America) |
July
2013 |
|
Ulibarri,
Jessie |
Colorado
State Senator, 21st District |
Denver,
Colorado |
Commerce
City, Colorado |
December
2013 |
|
Valadao,
David |
U.S.
House of Representatives, California, 21st Congressional
District |
California |
Hanford,
California |
June
2013 |
|
Vargas,
Juan |
California
State Senate, 40th District |
California |
National
City, California |
March
2012 |
|
Velasquez, Judge
Carmen |
Queens
County Civil Court Judge |
New
York |
Ecuador
(South America) |
April
2012 |
|
Verde,
Juan |
U.S.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia |
U.S.
Department of Commerce |
Spain |
December
2011 |
|
Yañez,
Judge Linda Reyna |
1st
Hispanic Appellate Justice, Texas, 13th Courts of Appeal |
Texas |
Rio
Hondo, Rio Grande, Texas |
June
2013 |
|
Yuste,
Dr. Rafael, M.D., PhD |
Leader
of the Brain Activity Map Project , White House Adviser on Brain Study
Initiative |
The
White House |
Madrid,
Spain |
April
2013 |
|
Zarate,
Carlos |
Deputy
assistant to the President and National Advisor for combating Terrorists |
Washington
D.C |
Santa
Ana, California. |
September
2011 |
In spite of
considerable effort to gather the birthplace for each person, we were not able
to find the birthplace of the following individuals. If you have
information for any of these individuals below, we would really appreciate
receiving it:
Amaya,
José Miguel, (Iowa?)
Lopez,
George A.
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