In September of 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law National Hispanic Heritage Week to honor the heritage and contributions made by members of the Hispanic community. In 1987, U.S. Representative Esteban Torres (D-California) submitted H.R. 3182, which was a bill to extend Hispanic Heritage Week into a Hispanic Heritage Month. Torres’s bill died in committee, but … [Read more...] about Consider this…Latinx Heritage Month
Tell us about yourself. How long have you been at Missouri State? What has been your career path to lead you to Missouri State? I’m the oldest of five children and originally from San Dimas, California which is in Los Angeles. My parents are immigrants and came to Los Angeles when they were young teenagers. My mother is from Ecuador and my father is from Guatemala. I started … [Read more...] about Spotlight on Yvania Garcia-Pusateri – Executive Director, Multicultural Programs