Celebrate Hispanic & Latino Heritage

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Across
  1. 3. First Hispanic Female in Space
  2. 8. 1st Latina Surgeon General
  3. 9. 1st Hispanic NASA Hall of Famer
  4. 14. First Hispanic to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
  5. 16. Author of House on Mango Street
  6. 20. First Hispanic/Latina to Perform at the Super Bowl
  7. 21. Author of How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents
  8. 22. One of the Latina founders of the United Farm Workers
  9. 23. First Hispanic to run for president of the U.S.
  10. 26. Cesar Chavez protested the use of pesticides on this fruit crop.
  11. 27. First Hispanic/Latina Supreme Court Justice
  12. 29. The most populous Puerto Rican state
Down
  1. 1. 1st Mexican born Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry
  2. 2. Currently, the Richest Hispanic/Latino
  3. 4. This is the state where most immigrants both legal & undocumented reside
  4. 5. In the 1940’s, Hispanics popularized this style of clothing
  5. 6. Champion of Hispanic & Latino Civil Rights
  6. 7. The highest represented Hispanic/Latino population in Florida
  7. 10. 2nd highest spoken Native Language
  8. 11. The youngest woman to ever serve in Congress
  9. 12. Rita Moreno became the first person of Hispanic descent to win this.
  10. 13. Guy Galbadon was the first Hispanic-American soldier to capture over 1000 of these
  11. 15. Founder of Goya Foods
  12. 17. While Mexico is the top sending country of immigrants, this country is the next highest
  13. 18. Besides La Bestia, this is how most Mexican & Central Americans make it to “El Norte”
  14. 19. Cesar Chavez worked for the civil rights of Chicanos & this other nationality.
  15. 20. Between 1930 & 1940, the United States had its largest decrease in immigration b/c of this
  16. 24. First Hispanic to be inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame
  17. 25. The title Siete Soles is in reference to this.
  18. 28. To avoid detection, many Latinas disguise themselves as this