Use the following subjects (Library of Congress) and keywords to search in the library catalog:
Chicano, Chicana, Mexican Americans, Latino, Latina, Mexican American Youth, Mexican American Art, Mexican American authors, Mexican American Literature (English), Mexican American Women, Mexican Americans in Literature, Mexican Americans in Motion Pictures
You may also find appropriate books in the front of the library to your left as you enter. Those books are labeled new books and focus on Hispanic and Mexican American culture.
Mexican American actress Eva Longoria is a Texas native who earned her master's degree in Chicano Studies in 2013.
One of only four players to twice win the U.S. Open, The Open Championship, and the PGA Championship, Lee Trevino is a famous professional Mexican American golfer from Dallas, Texas.
Born and raised in Brownsville, Texas, Grace Napolitano went onto become the U.S. Representative for California and helped created a school-based mental health program for the prevention of suicide within Latina adolescents.
Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a Mexican holiday celebrating the departed. Toys and food, including these sugar skulls, are created in the shape of skulls and other symbols of death for the celebration.
Shooting many films in Texas and Mexico, Robert Rodriguez (in hat) is a successful director, screenwriter, producer, and cinematographer.
A prolific and award-winning fiction writer and poet, Sandra Cisneros grew up in Chicago and Mexico, the only daughter of seven children. Her writings reflect her own experiences of poverty, cultural suppression, self-identity, and gender roles using vivid, descriptive but simple language, with a focus on dialogue. Some of her most famous and most popular works include:
Interested in learning more? Find additional information about Sandra Cisneros in Biography in Context.
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