Happy Birthday to singer, songwriter, and social activist Tish Hinojosa, born in San Antonio, Texas, on December 6, 1955. Hinojosa began her singing career with a $20 Mexican guitar, a gift from her mother that she still treasures. Hinojosa’s music reflects her bicultural heritage in the borderlands of Texas and Mexico. Her music is described… Continue reading Happy Birthday to Tish Hinojosa, Singer, Songwriter, and Social Activists
Year: 1955
Happy Birthday to Alberto Gonzalez 1955
Happy Birthday to Alberto Gonzalez, born on August 4, 1955, in Houston, Texas. Gonzalez and his seven brothers and sisters grew up in a two-bedroom house without hot water or a telephone. Gonzalez graduated from Rice College and received his law degree from Harvard University. Gonzalez worked at a law firm in Texas, and began his meteoric… Continue reading Happy Birthday to Alberto Gonzalez 1955
Happy Birthday to Jimmy Smits
Happy Birthday to the talented Jimmy Smits, born on July 9, 1955 in New York City. His mother was Puerto Rican and his father was Surinamese (check your map, that country is located in South America). Smits grew up in Brooklyn, though he spent a few years in Puerto Rico as a child. The Emmy… Continue reading Happy Birthday to Jimmy Smits
Vicki Lynn Ruiz, Writer, Scholar, and Professor
Happy Birthday to writer, scholar, professor and activist Vicki Lynn Ruiz. Ruiz was born in Atlanta, Georgia on May 21, 1955, to a Mexican mother and a North American father, whose parents disowned him for marrying a Mexican. Ruiz earned her master’s degree and doctorate in history from Stanford University. Her doctoral dissertation studied Mexican… Continue reading Vicki Lynn Ruiz, Writer, Scholar, and Professor