A Medium in the Family
Despite being a pharmacist and having learned extensively about medicine, Francisco additionally used his spiritual ability to heal others.
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Claudia A Portillo
- Jun 18
- 2 min
A Rare Discovery And Painful History
My family is from Central America and 7 percent of our DNA is African. I FINALLY found one of my African ancestors on familysearch.org.
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Claudia A Portillo
- Feb 6
- 7 min
NASA Pathfinder Luis Dominguez
Luis Dominguez is a NASA engineer and member of the team that made history in 2020 with the launch of the Perseverance rover to Mars.
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Claudia A Portillo
- Jul 20, 2021
- 4 min
Photographer, Roxanne Q. Chartouni: A 30-Year Career And The Collection Welcomed At CAAM
Roxanne remembers nervously fumbling with the camera as she took her first pictures of Mrs. Mayola Baldwin, who "instantly graced the Le..."
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Claudia A Portillo
- May 14, 2021
- 5 min
CARLOS A. PINEDA: A Salvadoran Ballet Dancer with the 1930s San Francisco Ballet Company
Carlos Antonio Pineda was born in Sonsonate, El Salvador. He moved to San Francisco in 1923 and became the first Salvadoran ballet dancer.
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Claudia A Portillo
- Jun 8, 2020
- 3 min
Carla Portillo, First Salvadoran-born Actress on American Primetime Television
Carla Portillo-Whitby was cast in a 1982 dramatic television miniseries - K*I*D*S that aired on PBS and was directed by Terry Carter.
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Claudia A Portillo
- Sep 29, 2019
- 4 min
The Portrait of Juan Pablo Wainwright
My childhood memory of Juan Pablo Wainwright's portrait and his legacy of fighting against U.S. imperialism in Central America.
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