Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers

Dream big with the Latinitas in Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers.

Discover how 40 influential Latinas became the women we celebrate today! In this collection of short biographies from all over Latin America and across the United States, Juliet Men?ndez explores the first small steps that set the Latinitas off on their journeys. With gorgeous, hand-painted illustrations, Men?ndez shines a spotlight on the power of childhood dreams.

From Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to singer Selena Quintanilla to NASA’s first virtual reality engineer, Evelyn Miralles, this is a book for aspiring artists, scientists, activists, and more. These women followed their dreams–and just might encourage you to follow yours!

The book features Sor Juana In?s de la Cruz, Juana Azurduy de Padilla, Policarpa Salavarrieta, Rosa Pe?a de Gonz?lez, Teresa Carre?o, Zelia Nuttall, Antonia Navarro, Matilde Hidalgo, Gabriela Mistral, Juana de Ibarbourou, Pura Belpr?, Gumercinda P?ez, Frida Kahlo, Julia de Burgos, Chavela Vargas, Alicia Alonso, Victoria Santa Cruz, Claribel Alegr?a, Celia Cruz, Dolores Huerta, Rita Moreno, Maria Auxiliadora da Silva, Mercedes Sosa, Isabel Allende, Susana Torre, Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros, Sonia Sotomayor, Rigoberta Mench? Tum, Mercedes Doretti, Sonia Pierre, Justa Canaviri, Evelyn Miralles, Selena Quintanilla, Berta C?ceres, Serena Au??n, Wanda D?az-Merced, Marta Vieira da Silva, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Laurie Hernandez.

Latinitas is also available in Spanish.

Godwin Books

Author: Juliet Menéndez
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 02/23/2021
Pages: 120
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.20w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781250234629
Language: English