Celebrating Notable Hispanics in the Americas

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with the Voces Oral History Center at UT-Austin, Moody College of Communication 2022

We encourage you to research these Hispanic trailblazers beyond these audio clips.

Little Joe y La Familia 09/15


Irma Rangel 09/16

Nancy Lopez 09/19

Americo Paredes 09/20

Roy Benavidez 09/21

Patrick Flores 09/22


Carmen Lomas Garza 09/23

Pete Tijerina 09/26

Sylvia Mendez 09/27

George I Sanchez 09/28

Frank Bonilla 09/29


Richard Cavazos 09/30

Apolonia Munoz Abarca 10/03

Gilbert Louis Delgado  10/04

Willie Velasquez 10/05

Raymond Telles 10/06


Olga Custodio 10/07

Ventura Alonzo 10/10

Ruben Salazar 10/11

Gus Garcia 10/12

Raoul Cortez 10/13


Lalo Guerrero 10/14

Hispanic Heritage Month Archive

We invite our Trojan family to further research and explore these Hispanic trailblazers.

Leo Tanguma

Jose Luis Zelaya

Jose Luis Zelaya

(en español) 

Mexican Repatriation

Sonia Sotomayor

Roberto Clemente

Isaac Hernandez

Jose Hernandez

Adriana Gallardo

Emma Tenayuca

Jovita Idar

Gustavo Garcia

John J. Herrera

Dr. Hector Perez Garcia

Dr. Rogelio Saenz

Berta Caceres

Maria Moreno

Alicia Escalante

Rigoberta Menchu

Victor Villasenor

Norma Torres Mendoza

Gersson Rosas

Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales

Dr. Richard Tapia

Hispanic Heritage Additional Resources

We invite our Trojan family to further research and explore these resources. Please send us an email if you have an individual, organization, event, movement, etc. for possible inclusion.

Texas Education Agency Resources - https://tea.texas.gov/academics/subject-areas/social-studies/hispanic-heritage-month