List of Latino heroes for 2008 released
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Latino Notebook: List includes actors, educators and community leaders.
By RON GONZALES
The Orange County Register
Community heroes: Pepe Serna is an actor. Rigoberto Rodriguez is an assistant professor at Cal State Long Beach. Maria Wiese helps young people develop character through Learning for Life.
All are among the 2008 Latino OC 100 — among the most accomplished, influential and successful people, as well as unsung heroes, who are part of or serve Orange County's Latino community. This is the third year the list has been created from nominations to Stay Connected OC, led by its president, Ruben Alvarez.
A reception honoring the Latino OC 100 takes place Jan. 20 at the Delhi Community Center in Santa Ana. For information, email stayconnected2004@yahoo.com.
Here's the list as released by Stay Connected OC:
Ruben Aceves
Javier Aguirre
Terry Aguis
Lonnie Alcarez
Tina Aldatz
Eric Alderete - OC HBA Member
Coach Steve Armijo
Mario Arellano
Elizabeth Artuaga
Joel Ayala
Juan Barba
Sandra Bolton
Maria Carrillo
Mary Castillo
Richard Castro
Margarita Chavez
Mark Chavez
Ofelia Corona Hanson
Victor Cota
Regina "Gina" Maria Davidson
Rosalina Davis
Gloria De La Torre-Wycoff
Benny Diaz
David Dobos
Jorge Doffo
Jill Dominguez
Mary Jean Duran
Pete Escovedo
Bea Fernandez
Lupe Fisher
Jesus Flores
Alina Forster
Gus Frias
Juan Garcia
Gonzalo Gonzalez
Araceli Gonzalez - OC HBA Member
Jose E. Grijalva
John Gutierrez
Sandra Guzman
Maria Halverson
Janette Hyder
Maricela Juaregui
Mary Lara
Sarah Linquist
Robert Lopez
Lizbeth Lopez
Alex Lopez
Marcos Loya
Helen Lu
Juan Maldonado
Don Martinez
Ana Martinez
Juanita Martinez
Leticia Mata
Benjamin Mendoza
Dr. Al Mijares
Dr. Jose Moreno
Viola Myre
Janet Nguyen
Dr. Ana Nogales
Cecilia Novella
Diana Ornalez
Brenda Quintana
Sharon Quirk
Marcos Ramirez
Marcelo Reyes - OC HBA Member
Gloria Reyes
Roman Reyna
Angel Rivas
Tino Rivera
Maggie Rodriguez
Rigoberto Rodriguez
Christine G. Rodriguez
Ross Romero
Mark Romero
Cesar Rosas
Joni Ruelas
Rene Ruiz
Gabriel San Ramon
Maria Elena Sanfeliu de Gomez
Vince Sarmiento
David Scarbrough
Tom Serafin
Pepe Serna
Seth Sherwood
Herman Sillas
Dr. Sergio Sotelo
Gabriel Soto
Ava Steaffens
Lilia Tanakeyowma
George Tejadilla
Elizabeth Trujillo Szekeresh
Miguel Valencia
Leticia Vargas
Cesar Vargas
Christina Villasenor
Robert Villegas
Maria Wiese
Ruby Woo
Dr. Audrey Yamagata-Nogi
— Ron Gonzales
This weekly notebook provides information about Orange County's Latino communities.
*Invitation
If you're a member of the 2008 Latino OC 100, send your photo - as a .jpg attachment - and a brief description of your activities to Ron Gonzales at rgonzales@ocregister.com. We'll add it to the slide show.
