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Who are the women who have influenced your life? Interviews By Jose Mendiola
NELLY SALAZAR luence in my life. I ays been a great inf s 12 years old, Maya Angelou has alw Bird Sings when I wa ge Ca the y Wh ow read I Kn ays heard hope h me ever since. I alw wit d ye sta s ha it d an vies, but I think after in literature and mo was a powerful thing nd why. lly began to understa reading her works I rea a. I recently saw mine is Michelle Obam Another influence of at everything she ed az am Netflix and was on ry nta me cu do r he sionally. As someone personally and profes had accomplished up on Michelle’s school, I like to read who’s applying to law pire me. ins to eton and Harvard experiences at Princ
LIZBETH RAMIREZ As cliché as it sounds, I rea lly look up to Selena. I rec multiple memoirs of her ently took a dive into rea and aside from her beau ding ty and great music she rea the door to the integration lly opened of Mexican culture into mainstream media and of people forget the Ch arts. A lot icano Movement had onl y been around about 30 Mexican Americans were years. Many still pushing for their comm unity to be recognized as order to gain equal righ a class in ts. She also paved a wa y into breaking machism been ever so present in o cycle that has Mexican culture by not only proving that wome and successful entertain n were great ers but they could also do more than fill a motherly role. 28
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