Valeria Arredondo is the proud 19 year old daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Cleo and Rosario Arredondo. She was born on March 10th 1998 in Torrence, California. Valeria has two older siblings, Guillermo and Celeste and a younger brother named Alan. She began her education in Palmdale California at Cimarron Elementary School then moving to Corpus Christi, Texas at the age of 12. In Corpus Christi she attended Elliot Grant Middle. She continued her education at Mary Carroll High School where she prepared herself for college by taking advanced placement courses such as English and Spanish which gained her collegiate level hours. Not only was she lively present in the classroom, she was on the soccer team, was a varsity cheerleader, member of all her student
Francisco Pizarro was a famous Spanish explorer. On September 13, 1524, Francisco Pizarro set sail from Panama to a conquest of Peru. He brought about eighty men and forty horses with him. In 1528, Pizarro went back to Spain managed to obtain in a group of people from Emperor Charles V. Francisco Pizarro was known for capturing the Inca Emperor, Emperor Atahualpa, in 1532. In 1533, Pizarro conquered Peru.
Selena Quintanilla Perez was born on April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas. Selena grew up understanding Spanish, but English was her first language. At the age of five Selena saw her brother learning to play the guitar and became jealous of the attention he was getting. She picked up a songbook and began to sing. Her family quickly turned their attention to her strong and beautiful voice. In the first grade Selena excelled at a game called Jump the Brook, in which two ropes are placed side by side and each kid takes a turn jumping across.1 In middle school Selena was in honors classes and made A’s and B’s. Selena used her allowance to put clothes on layaway. As a teenager, Selena hung all of her awards on the wall next to the staircase in her family’s house. As an adult, Selena was very involved with kids. She was a spokeswoman for the D.A.R.E. Program.
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, born as Juana Ramirez de Azbaje, is a well-known extraordinary figure from the colonial period. Sor Juana had a desire for education at such a young age. In the seventeenth century, it was the intellectual midpoint of Spanish colonial America. During this time Mexico City was politically and religiously the center of New Spain; the terrains went from California to Central America. In Latin American history the church and state defined women’s roles, which eventually change over time. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz articulated her experiences though writing, she broke silence about racial and gender inequality, and her legacy remains today.
Maria Garcia was born as the elder of four children in a poor family. Mrs. Garcia’s family functioned on very limited income; her mother was a homemaker and her father was a carpenter. Mrs. Garcia attended and graduated from San Jose High School, a catholic school.
Elba Velez have been relying on government assistance growing up. Because she is a minor her parents are have been receiving cash assistance for her and her 1st child. When Elba got pregnant with her second child, she was told that New Jersey’s child exclusion law prohibits a mother on welfare in receiving additional cash assistance if she gives birth to more children. The law also requires that there be a ten-month period from the birth of the first child till that the second child. Despite Elba’s effort, she has also failed to provide the full name of the father’s name. Therefore Elba cannot receive any cash assistance for herself or her first child, she failed to comply with child support enforcement requirements. She also cannot receive
Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire. He captured and killed Incan emperor Atahualpa, and claimed the lands for Spain.
Violeta Barrios was born in a small city near the Nicaraguan border with Costa Rica. Many would expect that coming from a Spanish-speaking country she would mostly enjoy Spanish records. However, because of her parents desire to master English she was sent abroad to study in San Antonio Texas, and then transferred to Blackstone College for Girls in Virginia. Violeta had seen her father play vinyl records in their house when she was little, but had no contact with it because she wasn’t interested. The first real experience she recalls is with her roommate in San Antonio. “Sarah,” she told me “had this fascination for vinyl records and possessed a large collection of them.” She was amazed at how her roommate had this ritual of pulling a record out of a sleeve and putting it on while focusing her attention on the act of listening for a side at a time, she really enjoyed the experience. We had a great relationship, and I started
Alison Ferrero is a 6th grader at Martha Brown Middle School. Alison has devoted herself to basketball for Eastside, and playing softball for Fairport Little League. In Alison’s spare time she enjoys running, biking, playing the piano, and clarinet. She loves hanging out with her friends and family. Alison really likes watching movies, her favorite movie is The Parent Trap.
The princess of pop music Selena Gomes was mocked after gaining weight. After a daunting scenario on social media about her weight gain she changed everything about her diet and exercise and at last lost 20 pounds.
Adriano Buergo (b. Havana, Cuba, 1964). Is a Cuban artist who is currently Miami-based. He completed his art studies at The Higher Institute of Art in Havana, Cuba, in 1988. Together with four other artists, he founded the art group known as Puré. The work of Adriano Buergo, along with that of other Cuban artists of the 80s generation, engages socio-cultural themes . In one of the best known series of his work he gave birth to a rather peculiar character: a bricollage domestic fan which named “Roto” (Broken). Roto became the icon of the struggle for survival in an environment plagued with material privation and contradictions. Nonetheless, Roto is capable of adaptating to the challenges of his daily existence and to yearn for them, allowing
Bartolome de Las Casas was an important protector of native peoples because the latter part of his life was dedicated to social reforms that called for better treatment of the natives.
The enormous Geyser field known as El Tatio can be found in the north of Chile. It is located at a height of 4,320 meters on the western slopes of the Andes Range, near the famous archaeological site of San Pedro de Atacama, situated in the heart of the impressive desert of that same name.
Selena, “Le Reina de Tejano”, was born on April 16, 1971, in Lake Jackson. She was the youngest of three children of Abraham Quintanilla Jr. and Marcela, his wife. At a young age, Abraham had a strong passion for music that he still has. During the 1950s and 1960s, him and his friends made a group called “Los Dinos” and played at nightclubs and restaurants. Even though his passion for music, he gave it up when he got married and earned a job at Dow Chemical as a shipping clerk.
Sylvia Rivera was born on July 2nd, 1951 in Bronx, New York to a Venezuelan woman and a Puerto Rican father. Days after she was born her father disappeared, leaving her just with her mom. At the age three her stepfather threatened to kill her, her half sister and mother, shortly afterwards her mother committed suicide. Leaving her and sister with their grandmother, but Rivera’s grandmother had little love for her effeminate grandson. After her half-sister was taken by her birth father Rivera’s Grandmother resented her even more, due to her mixed race-darker skin- and behavior. She would often received beating from her. Rivera’s experience in school was no better than at home. She was mocked for wearing make up by her peers and dropped out of school in sixth grade due to being called by a slur
achiote tree ( Bixa orellana ).Annatto is an orang-red condiment and food coloring derived from the seeds of atsuete trees. The another term for atsuete is annatto. The Annatto tree B. orellana is accepted to begin from Brazil. It was most likely not at first utilized as a sustenance added substance , but rather for different purposes. Atsuete is also used for wound healing, regulation of heavy menses and thining hair.Fresh seeds when moistened produce a reddish colored juice that is applied to rashes. For example, custom and improving body painting , sunscreen, and creepy crawly repellent, and for restorative purposes . It was utilized for Mexican