Hispanic Heritage Month Crossword

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  1. 2. She was a transgender activist who was involved in Stonewall and formed STAR, an organization that housed homeless lgbtq youth
  2. 3. First Hispanic American to serve as a member of the Supreme Court
  3. 5. He is a Puerto-Rican American singer and songwriter who made the first all-spanish record to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200
  4. 6. First-ever Hispanic American woman to win an Academy Award, third person ever to earn EGOT
  5. 7. Prominent Civil rights leader, cofounded the National Farm Workers Association
  6. 9. First Hispanic American to serve as a U.S Senator
  7. 13. She is a highly regarded latin pop artist who has earned 7 Grammy's and a Presidential Medal of Freedom
  8. 14. She is regarded as the Queen of Salsa
  9. 16. Famous singer, actress, and dancer. She performed with Shakira during the 2020 Super Bowl Halftime show
  10. 18. First Hispanic player to be inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame
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  1. 1. She is a notable fashion icon who has dressed First ladies Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, and Nancy Reagan
  2. 4. Award winning poet who wrote about her experience having to flee from the Dominican Republic
  3. 8. Currently a Civil rights activist, she was at the center of a landmark court case in 1946 which outlawed segregated schools in California
  4. 10. She is a journalist and activist famous for writing articles about racism and supporting the revolution in Mexico
  5. 11. She is an activist for Hispanic American labor rights, she cofounded the National Farm Workers Association
  6. 12. Puerto-Rican American composer, lyricist, actor, writer, and activist. He won several Tony Awards for his Broadway musical, Hamilton
  7. 15. The youngest woman ever to be elected into congress
  8. 17. After earning her doctorate in engineer from Stanford, she became the first Hispanic woman in space