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c2023., Pre-adolescent, Lightbox Learning Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: History makers: past and present.Summary Note: In 2018, at the age of 29, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the younges woman ever selected to Congress. Alexandria has faced many obstacles as a ppolitidcian. She is young, belongs to a visible minority, and comes from a working-class background. Find out more about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in this title.
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[2018]., Juvenile, Lerner Publications Call No: HI-INT B OCH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This inspiring, STEM-focused biography describes the life and influential work of Ellen Ochoa, the first female Hispanic astronaut to go to space. --
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[2018]., Juvenile, Delacorte Press Call No: JNF007050 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In this adaptation for middle graders based on her bestselling adult memoir, My Beloved World, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor's extraordinary life inspires. Her achievement serves as a true testament to the fact that no matter the obstacles, dreams can come true. Includes an 8-page photo insert. Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States, was a young girl when she dared to dream big. Her dream? To become a lawyer and a judge. As Justice Sotomayor explains, "When I was a child my family was poor and we knew no lawyers or judges and none lived in our neighborhood. I knew nothing about the Supreme Court and how much its work in reinterpreting the Constitution and the laws of the United States affected peoples' lives. You cannot dream of becoming something you don't even know about. That has been the most important lesson of my life. You have to learn to dream big dreams." Sonia did not let the hardships of her background--which included growing up in the rough housing projects of New York City's South Bronx, dealing with juvenile diabetes, coping with parents who argued and fought personal demons, and worrying about money--stand in her way. Always, she believed in herself. Her determination, along with guidance from generous mentors and the unwavering love of her extended Puerto Rican family, propelled her ever forward"--
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-- Bravo!: poemas sobre hispanos extraordinarios[2017], Pre-adolescent, Henry Holt and Company Call No: 811 .608 Edition: First edition---201 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Bold, graphic portraits and beautiful poems present famous and lesser-known Latinos from varied backgrounds who have faced life's challenges in creative ways.
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-- Bravo!: poemas sobre hispanos extraordinarios[2017], Pre-adolescent, Henry Holt and Company Call No: 811 .608 Edition: First edition---201 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Bold, graphic portraits and beautiful poems present famous and lesser-known Latinos from varied backgrounds who have faced life's challenges in creative ways.
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1991, Juvenile, Childrens Press Call No: REF 973 Sin Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles the lives of Hispanics who helped shape the history of the United States.
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c2001., Compass Point Books Call No: 920 ALT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: We the peopleSummary Note: Important events and people shaped the United States including the women. Through this interesting text and historically photos and drawing, see what the women of the Old West did.
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[2017], Juvenile, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: B HER Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The young Olympic gold-winning gymnast describes her life and career, covering her loving family, her rigorous training, her intense sacrifices, and her amazing triumphs.
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2018., Primary, Candlewick Press Call No: 811 .6 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, he picked flowers, helped his mama feed the chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his migrant family moved on. When he grew up, Juan Felipe Herrera became a poet. His breathtaking poem "Imagine" and Lauren Castillo's evocative illustrations will speak to every reader and dreamer searching for this place in life.
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2018., Primary, Candlewick Press Call No: 811.6 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, he picked flowers, helped his mamá feed the chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his migrant family moved on. When he grew up, Juan Felipe Herrera became a poet"--Provided by publisher.
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[2018]., Primary, Candlewick Press Call No: 811.54 HERRERA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Publisher Annotation: Have you ever imagined what you might be when you grow up? When he was very young, Juan Felipe Herrera picked chamomile flowers in windy fields and let tadpoles swim across his hands in a creek. He slept outside and learned to say good-bye to his amiguitos each time his family moved to a new town. He went to school and taught himself to read and write English and filled paper pads with rivers of ink as he walked down the street after school. And when he grew up, he became the United States Poet Laureate and read his poems aloud on the steps of the Library of Congress. If he could do all of that . . . what could you do? With this illustrated poem of endless possibility, Juan Felipe Herrera and Lauren Castillo breathe magic into the hopes and dreams of readers searching for their place in life.
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By Hurst, Heidic2004., Lucent Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: People in the newsSummary Note: A biography of Jennifer Lopez, whose talent and determination have led to her success as an actress, singer, and dancer.
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[2022]., Adolescent, Doubleday Call No: HI-INT B ROJ Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Growing up in the Colombia of the 1980's and 1990's in a house where 'what did you dream?' was asked in place of 'how are you?' her world was laced with prophecy and violence. Her maternal grandfather, Nono, was a renowned curandero, a community healer gifted with the ability to talk to the dead, tell the future, treat the sick, and move the clouds. As a young girl, Rojas Contreras eavesdropped on her mother's fortune-telling business from the stairs and waited eagerly for the moments when Mami appeared in two places at once. She was accustomed to 'letting the ghosts in.' So when Ingrid, now living in the U.S., suffered a head injury in her 20's that left her with amnesia an accident eerily similar to a fall that had put her mother in a coma at the age of 8, from which she woke with not just amnesia, but the ability to see ghosts the family assumes 'the secrets' have finally been passed down to the next generation. But as Ingrid recovers her memories, they don't come with supernatural abilities. Rather, she is consumed by a powerful urge to learn even more about her heritage than she knew before the accident. Spurred by a shared dream among Mami and her sisters, wherein Nono communicates that he is unable to rest peacefully in the afterlife, Ingrid joins her mother on a journey home to Colombia to disinter her grandfather's remains. With her mother as her unpredictable, stubborn and often hilarious guide, Ingrid traces her lineage back to her indigenous and Spanish roots, uncovering the violent and rigid colonial narrative that would eventually break her family into two camps: those who believe 'the secrets' are a gift, and those who are convinced they are a curse. Interweaving family stories more enchanting than any novel, resurrected Colombian history, and her own deeply personal reckonings with the bounds of reality, Rojas Contreras writes her way through the incomprehensible and into her inheritance. The result is a luminous testament to the power of storytelling as a healing art and an invitation to embrace the extraordinary"--Provided by the publisher.
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[2018]., Juvenile, Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The inspiring memoir for young readers about a Latina rocket scientist whose early life was transformed by joining the Girl Scouts and who currently serves as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA."--
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[2018]., Juvenile, Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: HI-INT B ACE Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The inspiring memoir for young readers about a Latina rocket scientist whose early life was transformed by joining the Girl Scouts and who currently serves as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA."--
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[2018]., Juvenile, Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The inspiring memoir for young readers about a Latina rocket scientist whose early life was transformed by joining the Girl Scouts and who currently serves as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA."--
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2014., Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Call No: HI-INT 920 HER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "An inspiring tribute to Hispanic Americans who have made a positive impact on the world. This visually stunning book showcases twenty Hispanic and Latino American men and women who have made outstanding contributions to the arts, politics, science, humanitarianism, and athletics. Gorgeous portraits complement sparkling biographies of Cesar Chavez, Sonia Sotomayor, Ellen Ochoa, Roberto Clemente, and many more. Complete with timelines and famous quotes, this tome is a magnificent homage to those who have shaped our nation. In this volume: Adelina Otero-Warren, Bernardo de Galvez, Cesar Chavez, David Farragut, Dennis Chavez, Desi Arnaz, Dolores Huerta, Ellen Ochoa, Helen Rodriguez Trias, Hero Street USA, Ignacio Lozano, Jaime Escalante, Joan Baez, Judy Baca, Julia de Burgos, Luis Alvarez, Rita Moreno, Roberte Clemente, Sonia Sotomayor, and Tomas Rivera"--
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c2001., Millbrook Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Hockey's new waveSummary Note: Examines the life and career of this hockey superstar from the New Jersey Devils.
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[2014]., Juvenile, Scholastic Inc Call No: B SOT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: When I grow upSummary Note: Sonya Sotomayor broke barriers and became the first Latina justice on the Supreme Court, the most powerful court in America. She worked very hard in school and never took no for an answer. Learn all about how Sonia Sotomayor made her dreams come true.
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Juvenile Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Blastoff! readers: women leading the waySummary Note: "Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Sonia Sotomayor. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--