Taryn Ortiz Thesis

Dr.Catalina Esperanza Garcia has been many things. She has been a trailblazer, educator, philanthropist. She also was one of the first Hispanic women to graduate to become a doctor. She also was considered an important Hispanic figure.

I had the opportunity to interview Mrs. Maria G. Rivera. She Is a hardworking mother who came to the united states at the age of 13 since then she hasn't left. She has no desire of going back to Mexico and considers America home. I had the chance to dig deep into her early life history, which I will talk about in the next paragraph. I learned how much she values her children and how much she cares for them, which Is the reason why she decided to make a move and come to the United States because she was thinking of her future kids and didn't want them to experience the harsh life she lived when being a young girl.

The character Gaby Rodriguez in the novel The Pregnancy Project, written by Gaby Rodriguez and Jenna Glatzer, changes throughout the years and understands what it is like to be living in a world of stereotypes. Living in a family filled with past generations of teen pregnancies, Gaby was often told she would end up like her sisters. From other people’s perspectives, this was a family tradition. As her senior project, she faked a pregnancy to get reactions from her friends, family, and the community to see how she would be treated. Gaby went through many hardships to understand what a teen mom has to deal with on a day to day basis.

Lately the $20 bill has been put under some controversy thanks to man on it, Andrew Jackson, and who should be honored by having their portrait placed on it. A great replacement would be Lucretia Mott was an abolitionist and a women’s rights activist whose work was crucial to women and African- Americans, not only of past generations but to the present ones as well. Putting Lucretia Mott on the $20 bill would be a great way to honor her, and the steps that she took in giving oppressed women and African Americans the same opportunities as white men. Lucretia Mott was born on the 3rd of January 1793, on Nantucket Island Massachusetts to Thomas Coffin Jr and Anna Folger. Lucretia’s father was a captain of a ship who was always away on the

Jenni Rivera is not only a Mexican-American singer, but she is a woman who has been through so much that can be considered an example for many people. In a press conference, Jenni said, “I am a woman like any other, and ugly things happen to me like any other woman. The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up”. This quote is saying that it doesn't matter what your situation is... there is always a way to get past it. Anybody can be as strong as Jenni is, and anyone can get through any obstacle in their life. Jenni Rivera is a game changer because she has been through so much and has gotten past it; she is a woman with so many values and so much love.

Jillian Armenante is a prominent American television and film actress. She is best-known for playing the role of Donna Kozlowski on the TV shows Judging Amy.

Brittany Chavez, The Spiritual Rebel, it is her dream and honor to empower women to find their OWN way in life & business. She is a wife & mother of four and if that isn’t enough work she recently decided to start her journey of entrepreneurship. Brittany found her passion when she experienced her own awakening. After spending most of her life living the way others thought she should, she says no more. Now she is on a mission to be her most authentic self in ALL areas of her life and help others do the same. Brittany believes by allowing yourself to be yourself & honoring who you are now is the best way to accelerate your path to success & freedom!

Tamora Pierce is a young adult fantasy fiction author who is quite well known for the young, strong and rebellious heroines in all of her novels. She was born December 13th, 1954 in Fayette Country, Pennsylvania. During her childhood, her family moved a great deal and books became her solace. Her uncle gave her a set of books including several from A.A Milne, who wrote all of the “Winnie the Pooh” books, and Dr. Seuss’ “Cat in the Hat.” What really got her into writing was when one day, her father told her she should start writing down her stories instead of just telling them to herself out loud, while also giving her some of her first book ideas. After that it all writing and reading every genre for Pierce, until she got introduced to J.R.R Tolkein in the sixth grade which was her window into fantasy novel, then eventually science fiction. She began writing stories mimicking all her favourite authors writing styles, something she encourages every young writer to do now. Later on in life as she reflected on the writing she did as a child she said: “I tried to write the kind of thing I was reading, with one difference: the books I loved were missing teenaged girl warriors.

I. We discover the Great Plains and Ántonia through the eyes of Jim, and he perceives both as strange, exotic, and mysterious when he first experiences them. On a wagon ride during his first night in Nebraska, approaching his new home, Jim notes, "I had the feeling that the world was left behind, that we had got over the edge of it and were outside man's jurisdiction" (Cather 36). That same night, Jim meets Ántonia and her family for the first time and comments, "I pricked up my ears, for it was positive the first time I had ever heard a foreign tongue" (Cather 36). In the Nebraska night, Jim experiences both the land and Ántonia as unfamiliar, unknown, foreign, and exotic.

Lauryn Hill was born in South Orange, New Jersey and was the child of a teacher and computer consultant. When growing up, Hill was always enamored by the arts and would compete in singing competitions. After the age of 13, she met Pras Michel and Wyclef Jean , and the three formed the band called the Fugees. The band would later go on to sell millions of album copies for the album The Score. However, conflicts between the bandmates eventually led to the dissolution of the band.

She was born on June 28, 1986, in Albemarle, North Carolina. Many kids may know this young women Kellie Pickler. She is a great country singer, and she is very pretty. Kellie has her own show called “I love Kellie Pickler”. She and her husband Kyle, are very funny. It is just her, and her husband. Kellie has starred on many shows, including Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, I love Kellie Pickler, and Family Fued. She got to choose who got to go on Family

Good evening. I am Her Majesty Letizia Ortiz, the Queen of Spain. I was born in Madrid. After I graduated from high school, I earned a bachelor degree from the University of Madrid and a master degree from the Institute for Studies in Audiovisual Journalism. Like the First Lady of Mexico and Her Excellency of Canda, I have been a Media Personality most of my life. I worked for a number of newspapers in my country and a news agency in the Mexican State. I reported from Washington, DC on the presidential elections, from Ground Zero in New York, the war from Iraq, and from northern Spain, when the oil tanker Prestige sank. before getting engaged to the King, I was an anchor broadcasting evening news in one of the most viewed program in Spain.

Was born on Nov. 5, 1857, in Erie County, Pa., the daughter of a small oilman driven to the wall by the Rockefeller oil monopoly. Tarbell, unlike many famous people, spent an unusually well-adjusted childhood and had a healthy appreciation of her parents. She wrote of the log house in which she was born and of the pleasant memories it gave her.

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At age 14, Taylor and her family moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue her career as a singer/songwriter. She learned