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Searching for Seattle’s hidden Latino history | Urban@UW!
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Northwest Reading Room curated six biographies of Latino(a) individuals from our Valley who have made positive and lasting contributions to the community at large.
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We invite you to read the following brief biographies of people whose visionary legacies continue today.
Below is Part 1 featuring three community leaders: Tomás Villanueva, Herminia Mendez, and Ernest Ignacio Jose Aguilar.
Stay tuned for Part 2 highlighting the lives of Ricardo Garcia, The Guzman Family, and Erasmo Gamboa.
Tomás Villanueva
“Tireless advocate” – Anytime you read or hear about Tomás Villanueva, this is the phrase people use to describe him.
Tomás Villanueva was a tireless advocate for those who did the hardest labor on farms. He pushed for their inclusion under minimum wage laws and unemployment insurance, and he was a founding member of the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic.
He helped direct enormous sums of federal and state money toward housing