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Lisa Garcia Quiroz (D)
Late founding publisher of People en Español

Lisa Garcia Quiroz, the founding publisher of People en Español, one of the most popular Hispanic magazines in the United States, died on Friday at her mother’s home in Denver. She was 57.

The cause was pancreatic cancer, her husband, Guy Garcia, said.

Ms. Quiroz’s career in media — first at Time Inc., where she also launched the magazine Time for Kids, and then at Time Warner, where she became the company’s first chief diversity officer — was driven by a deeply held conviction, she said.

The Honorable Carol Robles-Roman
General Counsel and Dean of Faculty, Hunter College

Carol Robles-Román brings an exceptional breadth of experience in legal and judicial matters, government operations, higher education governance, and civil rights enforcement to her position as General Counsel and Dean of Faculty at Hunter College.

Most recently, Robles-Román served as Co-President and CEO of the ERA Coalition/Fund for Women’s Equality, where she led legal and advocacy efforts to advance constitutional equality.

Sylvia Mendez
Civil Rights Activist

Sylvia Mendez is the daughter of Gonzalo Mendez, a Mexican immigrant and Felicitas Mendez, a Puerto Rican immigrant,  who fought so that Sylvia could have an equal education through the landmark court case battle of Mendez v. Westminster, et al.

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