…fighting her own fight, was the equally legendary Dolores Huerta, portrayed by Rosario Dawson. Other Latinxs involved include director Diego Luna, America Ferrera as the organizer’s wife Helen, and Jacob…
…are classics, made into movies, and part of required reading at American schools. Some of her best-known novels are The House of Spirits, Eva Luna, and City of the Beasts….
…The show ran from 1994 to 1999 and had two Latinxs as stars: Puerto Rican Michael DeLorenzo and Afro-Nuyorican Luna Lauren Vélez. DeLorenzo, alongside African-American co-star Malik Yoba, made New…
…In fact, in the trailer for the first Mexican Spitfire (in 1940), Velez is credited as Lupe “abasco” Velez. In Lupe’s defense, actresses back then (and even nowadays) didn’t have…
…opposing anti-Mexican racism, serving as a nurse during the Mexican revolution, and advocating for women’s suffrage. Lupe Vélez (1908-1944) Actress Lupe Vélez was Hollywood’s “Mexican Spitfire,” appearing in 45 productions…
…and success in her native Mexico. Her biggest Spanish-language films include Flor Silvestre (1943) and Maria Candelaria (1943), where she played opposite Mexican star Pedro Almendariz. Lupe Velez Mexican actress…
…films, Eternals and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, will feature deaf Afro-Latina actor Lauren Ridloff as Makkari, originally a hearing white man in the comics, and Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez, the first Latina…
…delivering some of the best lines of the show (see “big damn heroes”). Star Wars: Diego Luna as Captain Cassian Jeron Andor My favorite thing about Diego Luna’s Captain Cassian…
