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 * Impact of Hispanics on the U.S **

What is Hispanic or Latino? According to the U.S. Census Bureau, it is "a person of Cuban, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Spanish (decedents of Spain) South or Central American descent, culture or origin regardless of race". "There are an estimated 54 million Hispanic people in the United States and they are the largest minority". (CNN-Hispanics Fast Facts) Hispanic culture and people have contributed so much to our country, state, and community. Americans themselves did not make America how it is today. Hispanics helped greatly change our country to the way it is today and probably for a while. Three important people that I think have changed this country are Danny Olivas, Ellen Ochoa, and Angel Oliva, my great - grandfather. From being in the NASA program to being in the tobacco industry, these people have achieved landmarks that we would have never gotten to.

John Olivas was born on May 25, 1966, in El Paso Texas. As a kid, he loved to build rockets and fix cars with his dad, Juan. Also, John had a love for space. He used a telescope to look at the moon and stars. After high school, John went to college at the University of Texas, which is in El Paso. He graduated there in 1989. ( Juarez, " John 'Danny' Olivas " ) At his college, he met a girl named Maria and got married. They had five children together. John got degrees in mechanical engineering, which involved math and science in all of his work. In 1996, John started working for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Then in 1998, John got named to NASA's astronaut program where he made tools and repaired shuttles in orbit. ( Juarez, "John 'Danny' Olivas " ) John Olivas flew on the space shuttle, " Atlantis " in 2007. He was the first person to repair the shuttle in orbit. This is important because if something went wrong in space, he could possibly save himself and his crew.

Ellen Ochoa was born on May 10, 1958, in Los Angeles, California. Ellen was always curious about something when she was a child. As a child, Ellen realized that school was vital to her succeeding in life. Her favorite subjects in school were math, science, and music. After graduating high school, Ellen went to San Diego State University. At San Diego State University, she studied physics there. Ellen graduated college in 1980. Ellen then went to Stanford University to study electrical engineering. (Juarez, " Ellen Ochoa " ) One invention Ellen made when engineering was a device that would " see " images. In 1993, Ellen went on her first space flight. Ellen and her crew studied how the sun effects Earth's atmosphere. After this mission she went on three more space mission and had a total of 1,000 hours in space. She became the first Hispanic woman to go to space. ( Juarez, " Ellen Ochoa " ) Because of Ellen's work she helped figure out problems that were beyond our world to make a better astronaut program.

Least, but most important in my opinion, Angel Oliva Sr. was born on December 20, 1907, in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba. He was my great - grandfather on my dad's side. Angel left Cuba and went to the United States, where he worked a $7 - a - week job at a Tampa grocery store. In 1929, he went to work for a tobacco broker in Tampa, Florida. The broker had a struggling tobacco warehouse, which angel helped regain its financial health. "Oliva quickly demonstrated his talent for the tobacco trade as well as his keen business skills - he restored his employer's brokerage to financial health. " ( Cigarfan ) After that, Angel launched his own tobacco business, forming Oliva Tobacco. What my great - grandfather was known the most was his foresight of Fidel Castro. My grandfather, John Oliva stated, "Angel announced him a communist before the people really understood him." Fidel would of taken away all the land in Cuba, including the tobacco fields, so Angel started a tobacco farm in Honduras.From then he imported the tobacco to the original warehouse in Ybor City. In the factory, he made fine quality cigars to sell to people and gave people jobs in Tampa. With the help of Angel Oliva Sr. expanding the cigar industry to America, everyone can now enjoy a fine made cigar. Oliva tobacco farms and supplies tobacco to La Gloria Cubana, La Flor Dominicana, Arturo Fuente, Rocky Patel, which are all tobacco businesses in America.

These three Hispanic figures contributed so much to change our country to the way it is today. Fixing a shuttle in orbit, figuring out complex problems that are out of this world, and bringing the tobacco industry to America are things that make our country the way it is today. It is not just America that have shaped this country, but it is with the help of Hispanics like John " Danny " Olivas, Ellen Ochoa, and my own ancestor, Angel Oliva Sr.


 * Work Cited **

"Hispanics in the US Fast Facts." //CNN//. Cable News Network, 31 Mar. 2017. Web. 03 May 2017. .
 * This is a good source because it is a government cited news page.

"Health of Hispanic or Latino Population." //Centers for Disease Control and Prevention//. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 20 Mar. 2017. Web. 03 May 2017. .
 * this is a good source because it is managed by the government

Cigarfan. "Cigarfan.net on WordPress.com." //Cigarfan.net//. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 May 2017. .
 * this is a good source because it is based off peoples' honest opinions.

<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Juarez, Christine. "Ellen Ochoa." //Login - myON®//. Capstone, n.d. Web. 03 May 2017. <https://www.myon.com/reader/index.html?a=ghla_eoch_f16>.
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Juarez, Christine. "John 'Danny'Olivas." //Login - myON®//. Capstone Publishers, n.d. Web. 01 May 2017. <https://www.myon.com/reader/index.html?a=ghla_jdoli_f16>.
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