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Topic: The Impact of Hispanics as the Largest Minority in the United States

Keywords "Impact of Hispanics in the USA" https://www.interexchange.org/articles/abroad/2015/08/17/latino-hispanic-culture-in-us/

https://www.myon.com/reader/index.html?a=ghla_ssoto_f16 myON- Sonia Sotomayer
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 * the first Hispanic to be a U.S. Supreme Court Justice
 * was born in 1954 in New York with Puerto Rican parents
 * when she was seven, she learned she had type 1 diabetes
 * her father died one year after in 1963
 * went to Princeton University
 * then went to Yale Law School
 * became a lawyer for the state of New York in 1979
 * was chosen to become a judge in 1992
 * in 2009 she was named to the U.S. Supreme Court by Barack Obama
 * wrote a book called //My Beloved World// in 2013

https://www.myon.com/reader/index.html?a=ghla_eoch_f16 myON- Ellen Ochoa
 * first Hispanic woman to go into space
 * was born in 1958 in Los Angeles
 * went to San Diego State University to study physics and graduated in 1980
 * then went to Stanford University to study electrical engineering
 * after school, she worked at science research centers
 * in 1990, she entered astronaut training
 * her first space flight was in 1993
 * became the director of the Johnson Space Center in 2012

__**Different Types of Hispanic Dancing**__ http://dance.lovetoknow.com/Types_of_Latin_Dances
 * 1) **Bachata**
 * a dance from the Dominican Republic
 * dancers move side to side in a four-beat pattern: three steps to the side followed by a pause
 * incorporates hip movements

2. **Cha Cha Cha**
 * a Cuban-born dance
 * dancers step forward and backward while shifting weight between feet

3. **Salsa**
 * originated in the Caribbean
 * centers on a four-beat combination of two quick steps and a slow step with a pause or tap

http://dance.lovetoknow.com/Tango_Dance_Steps

4. **Tango**
 * dancers dance to a rhythm that goes " SLOW, SLOW, QUICK- QUICK, SLOW."
 * the frame of the dancers is very important
 * involves "heel leads"


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__**Evelyn Cisneros:**__ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/05/representation-in-ballet_n_5618002.html
 * an American ballerina
 * the first American prima ballerina in the US of Hispanic heritage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Cisneros
 * her mother made her take dance classes as a young child so she could overcome her liking of shyness
 * she studied ballet at eight years of age
 * she received a scholarship for the summer in 1974 to the School of American Ballet
 * did an internship with the San Francisco Ballet in 1976
 * she was appointed academy director of Ballet Pacifica in 2006
 * since January 2010 she has been principal of Boston's Ballet Marblehead Studio

https://books.google.com/books?id=q9NiQTjsPH8C&pg=PA27#v=onepage&q&f=false
 * born November 18, 1958, in Long Beach, CA
 * she has been in some major roles: Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, The Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutcracker, Cinderella in Cinderella, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Principal ballerina in Themes and Variations, Principal role in Lamberena, and Lise in La Fille mal Gardee.

http://articles.latimes.com/1992-11-19/local/me-986_1_huntington-beach
 * Evelyn was a very shy girl who loved to dance. After 23 years of dance, Cisneros made a tough decision to retire from the San Franciso Ballet. On May 9, 1999, the ballet company honored her for her work.


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Carlos Acosta: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Acosta http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=11599 http://www.roh.org.uk/people/carlos-acosta www.ballet.co.uk:80/magazines/yr_03/jun03/aw_producers_diary.htm
 * born June 2, 1973, in Havana, Cuba
 * a Cuban ballet dancer
 * has danced with the English National Ballet, the National Ballet of Cuba, the Houston Ballet, and the American Ballet Theatre
 * went from 1998 to 2105 with The Royal Ballet
 * in 2003, he was promoted to Principal Guest Artist
 * he danced his last performance in November 2015 in //Carmen// which he both choreographed and starred in
 * he grew up in a poor place
 * his father put him into dance so he could learn discipline and get a free lunch every day
 * he studied ballet at the Cuban National Ballet School
 * in 1991, he received his diploma and a gold medal
 * Cuba's most famous male ballet dancer
 * he was the son of a truck-driver and was one of 11 children


 * (I know that these things are true because there are many sources that all say the same things about the topic.)**

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 * Introduction**
 * hook sentence or question- catches attention
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 * Conclusion**
 * restate the thesis
 * broader perspective