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Educators

• Dr. Ursula Acosta- Educator, One of the founding members of the Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Genealogía (Puerto Rican Genealogical Society)

• Dr. Carlos Albizu Miranda - Educator, psychologist, First Hispanic Educator to have a North American University renamed in his honor and one of the first Hispanics to earn a PhD in Psychology in the United States.

• Dr. Margot Arce de Vázquez - Educator, Founder of the Department of Hispanic Studies in the University of Puerto Rico.

• Dr. Pilar Barbosa - UPR Professor, author, First modern-day Official Historian of Puerto Rico.

• Dr. Carlos A. Chardón - Educator, Chardón was the only Puerto Rican to serve twice as Puerto Rico Secretary of Education

• Dr. Edna Coll - Educator and author, Coll was President of the Society of Puerto Rican Authors in San Juan. She was also the founder of the Academy of Fine Arts in Puerto Rico.

• Celestina Cordero - In 1820, Cordero founded the first school for girls Puerto Rico.

• Rafael Cordero - Declared Venerable in 2004 by Pope John Paul II; process for beatification is now in motion with Benedictine Fr. Oscar Rivera as Procurator of the Cause.

• Eugenio María de Hostos - Educator, In Peru, Hostos helped to develop that country's educational system and spoke against the harsh treatment given to the Chinese who lived there. He stayed in Chile from 1870 to 1873. During his stay there, he taught at the University of Chile and gave a speech titled "The Scientific Education of Women." He proposed in his speech that governments permit women in their colleges. Soon after, Chile allowed women to enter its college educational system.

• Dr. José Ferrer Canales - Educator, writer and activist.

• Dr. Concha Meléndez - Educator, writer poet.

• Ana G. Méndez - Educator, Founder of the Ana G. Mendez University System.

• Dr. Antonia Pantoja - Educator, Founder of "ASPIRA" was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

• Dr. Angel Ramos - Superintendent of the Sequoia Schools for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Ramos is one of the few deaf Hispanics to earn a doctorate from Gallaudet University

• Ana Roque - Educator and suffragist, Roque was one of the founders of the University of Puerto Rico.

• Victoria Leigh Soto - Educator of Puerto Rican descent who emerged as a hero in the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

• Nilita Vientos Gaston - Educator, Vientos Gaston was the first female lawyer to work for the Department of Justice of Puerto Rico. She defended the use of the Spanish language in the courts of Puerto Rico, before the Supreme Court, and won.

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