1. FIESTA! A Celebration of Latin American Countries and Capital Cities

2. Mexico Mexico City

3. Guatemala Guatemala City

4. El Salvador San Salvador

5. Costa Rica San José

6. Panama Panama City and the Panama Canal

7. Colombia Bogotá

8. Ecuador Quito

9. Peru Lima

10. Bolivia La Paz

11. Chile Santiago

12. Argentina Buenos Aires

13. Uruguay Montevideo

14. Venezuela Caracas

15. Nicaragua Managua

16. Honduras Tegucigalpa

17. Cuba Havana

18. Dominican Republic Santo Domingo

19. Spain Madrid

20. We Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month “ Hispanic Americans One Culture, Many Races” FIESTA!

21. Celebration of the contributions of the Hispanic heritage

22. Linda Chavez-Thompson The leading woman in the national labor movement Mario Molina Chemist and atmospheric scientist Winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in chemistry

23. Julia Alvarez Novelist Luis Alvarez Awarded the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physics

24. Ellen Ochoa NASA Astronaut César Chávez Renowned labor Leader Co-founder of the United Farm Workers

25. Tania León Conductor, Composer, Music Director and an international figure in the music world Guadelupe Quintanella Educator & Motivational Speaker

26. Dolores Huerta One the century's most powerful and respected labor movement leaders Co-founder of the United Farm Workers

27. Nydia Velázquez First Puerto Rican Congresswoman Aida Alvarez First Hispanic woman to head the U.S. Small Business Administration

28. Tito Puente Internationally recognized for his contributions to Latin music as a bandleader, composer, arranger, and percussionist

29. Louis Caldera The 17th Secretary of the Army on July 2, 1998

30. Geraldo Rivera Journalist

31. Carlos Santana Musician

32. Roberto Clemente Baseball Hall of Famer

33. Jennifer Lopez Singer

34. César Romero Actor

35. Alex Rodriguez New York Yankee baseball player

36. Henry Cisneros The first person of Hispanic background elected as mayor of a large American city

37. The U.S. Postal Service unveiled the Cesar E. Chavez commemorative stamp, which honors the late former sailor, civil rights and farm labor leader.

38. Sonia Sotomayor is the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice.

39. The Hispanic heritage makes major contributions in: Government, Business, the Arts, Education, Entertainment, Architecture, and Sports Hispanic Americans play a vital role in expanding United States trade with our Latin American neighbors. 1 in 8 people in the U.S. claim Hispanic origin

41. A SLIDE PRESENTATION BY MR. ZINDMAN

42. VISIT MR.ZINDMAN’S WEB PAGE AT www.mrzindman.com TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HISPANIC HERITAGE www.mrzindman.com

43. THE END