I am representing California, and all of California, definitely as a Mexicano, a Chicano, a Latino. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes california chicano latino
I've worked throughout California as a poet: in colleges, universities, worker camps, migrant education offices, continuation high schools, juvenile halls, prisons, and gifted classrooms. Juan Felipe Herrera californiacampclassroom Change image and share on social
As a boy, I felt ashamed of being Mexican. I'd say I was Hawaiian. Juan Felipe Herrera ashamedboyfelt Change image and share on social
Perhaps, like the way these leaves spread out and the way they curl in many directions and how they have many features, I think that's how my road has been. Juan Felipe Herrera curldirectionfeature Change image and share on social
By the time I discovered Chicano painters in the mid-'80s, I recognized that these guys were really world-class painters, but they weren't getting any attention, which was good in one sense in that I could get their work for cheaper! Cheech Marin 80sattentioncheap share on social
If the fastest growing population in this country is Latino, that means we are the future of this country. And, we have proven we have talent. Now we need the tools to succeed. Shakira countryfastfuture Change image and share on social
My first job in TV was hosting this young teen magazine show, and all these high school teenagers showed up from all over Sacramento, California, and they chose four of us to host the show, two boys and two girls. And of the two girls, I was kind of the perky smart one and the other girl was the pretty one. Lisa Ling boycaliforniachoose share on social