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Rosa Elena Egipciaco, often referred to as the 'Queen of Mundillo', is a master Mundillo lacemaker and teacher of the Puerto Rican folk art. In addition to being part of the long Mundillo tradition of her hometown of Moca, Puerto Rico , she belongs to the much larger, much longer tradition of Spanish and European bobbin lacemaking .
Considered "The father of Olympic sports in Puerto Rico." Francisco Rosa Rivera, professional bodybuilder. Félix Serrallés, professional racing driver. Debora Seilhamer, Olympic volleyball player. Jesse Vassallo, swimmer Former president (2004-2008), Puerto Rico Swimming Federation and member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
BG Zoppi is the first Puerto Rican woman promoted to the rank of general in the U.S. Army Reserve. Born and raised in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico as Irene Miller y Rodriguez, she began her career as a private first class with the Military Police Corps back in 1985. She is an example of Puerto Rico’s Public School Education System to include ...
In 1963, the New York Daily News ran stories about an underground, word-of-mouth network of doctors in Puerto Rico who performed abortions on American women, from “suburban society matrons” to ...
Puerto Ricans were Spanish citizens before Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. After Puerto Rico was ceded, they became citizens of Puerto Rico. Before 1917, when the U.S. Congress passed the Jones-Shafroth Act, popularly called the Jones Act, which granted Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship. [44]
Michelle Marie Colón - first black woman to compete in Miss Universe beauty pageant as Miss Puerto Rico; Celestina Cordero - educator, established the first school for girls in San Juan; Rafael Cordero - known as the "father of public education in Puerto Rico"; self-educated man who provided free schooling to children regardless of race. [14]
The Miss Universe [2] pageant began in 1952 and since then Puerto Rico has had 26 representatives classify in the finals, including 5 winners, 11 runners-up, 8 finalists and 2 semi-finalists. With 5 wins, Puerto Rico is the third country with the most wins behind USA (9 wins) and Venezuela (7 wins).
Portugués is bounded on the North by the hills north of Pandura Road, on the South by Camino de Ponce (Golf Club) Street, Majagua Street, Arboleda Street, and PR-504, on the West by Turell Road, La Zarza Road, PR-10 (roughly), and on the East by PR-505, the hills west of Río Bayagán, the eastern slopes of El Gato Hill (Cerro El Gato) and First Street (Calle 1).