Hispanic Heritage Month 2021

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Jennifer Lopez

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Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969), also known by her nickname J.Lo, is an American singer, actress, and dancer. In 1991, Lopez began appearing as a Fly Girl dancer on In Living Color, where she remained a regular until she decided to pursue an acting career in 1993. Lopez is considered a pop culture icon, and is often described as a triple threat entertainer.​

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Cesar Chavez

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Cesar Chavez (born Cesario Estrada Chavez ; Spanish ; March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union.​

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Frida Kahlo

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Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón (Spanish pronunciation: ; 6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism with fantasy. In addition to belonging to the post-revolutionary Mexicayotl movement, which sought to define a Mexican identity, Kahlo has been described as a surrealist or magical realist.[3] She is known for painting about her experience of chronic pain.

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Canelo

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Santos Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez Barragán (American Spanish:  born 18 July 1990) is a Mexican professional boxer. He has won multiple world championships in four weight classes from light middleweight to light heavyweight, including unified titles in three of those weight classes. Álvarez is currently a unified super middleweight world champion, having held the WBA (Super), WBC, and Ring magazine titles since 2020, and the WBO title since May 2021.

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Selena Gomez

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Selena Marie Gomez ; born July 22, 1992) is an American singer and actress. Born and raised in Texas, Gomez began her acting career on the children's television series Barney & Friends (2002–2004). In her teenage years, she rose to prominence for her role as Alex Russo in the Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–2012). Lose You to Love Me" became Gomez's first number-one single in the US, skyrocketing from number 15 to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in 2019. Rare debuted atop the Billboard 200, becoming her third consecutive number-one album.​

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Eugenio Derbez

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Eugenio González Derbez (Spanish: born September 2, 1961) is a Mexican actor, comedian, and filmmaker.​

His feature film Instructions Not Included, which he directed, co-wrote, and starred in, became the most successful Spanish-language film in the U.S. and worldwide and broke numerous box office records, earning more than $100 million worldwide.​

With Gus Rodríguez, Eugenio is the star, writer, director, producer, and creator of some of the most popular Spanish language TV shows of all time including Al Derecho y Al Derbez, Derbez en cuando, XHDRBZ, Vecinos and La familia P. Luche.​

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When is Hispanic Heritage Month?

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September 15th to October 15th

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When was Hispanic Heritage Month declared?

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1988

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Why does Hispanic Heritage Month begin on September 15th?

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Many Latin American countries have their independence day this day.

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Why does Hispanic Heritage Month begin on September 15th?

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Many Latin American countries have their independence day this day.