ROLE MODELS:
A list of Latin American people NHA Learning Center students admire.

ACTORS:
Salma Hayek
Carmen Diaz
Penelope Cruz
Daisy Fuentes
Maria Conchita Alonso
Rosie Perez
Antonio Banderas
Andy Garcia
Edward James Olmos
Martin Sheen
Benjamin Bratt
Emilio Estevez
John Leguizamo
Charlie Sheen
Jimmy Smits
Anthony Quinn
Ricardo Montalban
Raoul Julia

NEWS:
Richard Rodriguez
Geraldo Rivera
Linda Vacaro

ASTRONAUTS:
Ellen Ochoa
Michael Lopez-Algria

WRITERS:
Sandra Cisneros
Carlos Cortez
Laura Esquivel
Gina Valdes
Octavio Paz
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Eustasio Rivers
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Miguel Angel Asturias
Ramon Amaya Amador
Carlos Fuentes
Octavio Paz
Tomas Urtusastegui
Ernesto Cardenal
Ruben Dario
Pablo Antonio Cuada
Alfredo Bryce Echenique
Cesar Vellejo
Mario Vargas Llosa
Manuel Scorza
Luis Lopez Nieves
Eduardo Galeano
Hector Rosales
Mario Benedetti
Andres Bello
Rosa Virginia Martinez

SINGERS/MUSICIANS:
Carlos Santana
Joan Baez
Tito Puente
Linda Ronstadt
Christina Aguilera
Jose Feliciano
Ritchie Valens
Enrique Iglesias
Ricky Martin
Marc Anthony
Shakira
Gloria Estefan
Celia Cruz
Thalia
Placido Domingo

MODELS:
Martina Klein
Almudena Fernandes
Laura Ponte
Veronica Blume
Ines Sastre
Vanesa Lorenzo

SPORTS:
Edgar Martines - Baseball
Sammy Sosa - Baseball
Roberto Clemente - Baseball
Pele - Soccer
Oscar de la Hoya - Boxer
Gabriel Batistuta - Soccer
Luis Hernandez - Baseball
Javier Lopez - Baseball
Nancy Lopez - Golf
Edgar Renteria - Baseball
Chi-Chi Rodriguez - Golf

U.S. NATIONAL FIGURES:
Henry Cisneros - Politics
Cesar Chavez - Labor Organizer
Alberto Gonzales - Presidential Advisor
Rosario Marin - U.S. Secretary of Treasury
Dr. Hector Perez Garcia - Political Organizer
Luis Alvarez - Nobel Prize Winner (Physicist)
Antonia Coelho Novello - U.S. Surgeon General
Ciro D. Rodriguez - Congressman
Dennis Chavez - Senator
Mel Martinez - Secretary of Housing and Urban Development