Topic by Category: Came to Continental U.S. before 18

Elva Lima is the oldest girl in a family of six children. Her father worked in the fields of Sacramento when he moved to the U.S. from Mexico in 1961. Her father was able to move the family to the United States in 1965. Her mother was a stay at home mother while her father worked as a bartender.

Madeline Padilla is the nationally recognized Executive Director of Publicity for Arenas Entertainment. Madeline has a particular skill in effectively reaching the community she comes from.

Dr. Silvia Martinez, assistant professor at Howard University. Silvia has focused her professional work on effective service delivery to bilinguals in the health and education arenas.

Juana Bordas, born in Nicaragua, is President of Mestiza Leadership International and author of Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age

Eva Plaza, Partner at the Law Firm of Garcia, Calderon & Ruiz, and formerly Assistant Secretary of Fair Housing, grew up in El Paso, Texas to Mexican immigrant parents.

Ramona Emilia Romero, born in the Dominican Republic and grew up from age 11 in New York City, is Corporate Counsel, Logistics and Energy at DuPont where she is currently responsible for legal oversight of the acquisition of transportation, distribution, supply chain management and energy resources totaling billions of dollars each year.

Raquel Aldana, Human Rights Lawyer, Law Professor and author of Everyday Law for Latinos. Raquel was born in Guatemala, to a Guatemalan father and a Salvadoran mother.

Elma Gonzalez, cell biologist, Professor Emeritus at UCLA, and the fourth Chicana to ever receive a Ph.D. in the sciences.