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Firelei Báez (born 1981), Dominican-born American artist known for intricate works on paper and canvas, as well as large scale sculpture; born in Santiago de los Caballeros and lives in New York City. Sonia Báez-Hernández (born 1958), Dominican-born Puerto Rican interdisciplinary artist.
Brenda Castillo (born June 5, 1992, in San Cristóbal) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic and plays as a libero.She was a member of the Dominican Republic national team that won fifth place in the 2012 Summer Olympics, [1] while she was named the tournament's Best Libero.
Plácido Polanco – Dominican born Major League Baseball player, plays for the Philadelphia Phillies and has also played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers; in 2008, he became a naturalized American citizen; Albert Pujols – Dominican-American professional baseball first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball
Josefina Báez is a US-Dominican dancer, director, poet, writer, and educator. She is the founder and present director of Ay Ombe Theatre Troupe (estd. 1986). She was born in La Romana and moved to New York when she was 12 years old. [1] Once in New York, She lived in Washington Heights, a traditionally Dominican American neighborhood. [2]
A project by actors, producers and activists Eva Longoria and Dania Ramirez puts a spotlight on a family of Dominican women who fought against a brutal dictatorship and gave up everything in the ...
Winifer María Fernández Pérez (born 6 January 1995) is a Dominican female volleyball player. With her club Mirador she competed at the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship.She became well known after a video and later some photos of her playing and training, and personal photos of her--some of them fake--went viral in July 2016.
The root of the disconnect between the number of women on stage and the number of women in the crowd may lie partially in the male-dominated subcultures these festivals were founded out of, as Slate writer Forrest Wickman argued in 2013: “The real problem at most of these festivals lies in the alternative subcultures they celebrate.
In rural areas, Dominican Republic women may wear dresses and skirts; while in urban locations, Dominican Republic women may prefer to wear short skirts and jeans. The clothing in both areas may be made up of bright coloration and shiny fabrics. Older or prominent women are often addressed as Doña followed by their surnames as a form of respect.