Luisa Moreno was Guatemalan labor movement activist, she unionized workers, led strikes, and brought together first national Latino civil rights assembly in 1939. She paved the road for future labor movements like the United Farm Workers, yet her name is not as well known.

On today's episode, Cristina tells Carmen about Luisa Moreno

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Sources
https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1995/october/moreno/ https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/national-museum-american-history-looks-latino-labor-rights https://americacomesalive.com/luisa-moreno-1907-1992-labor-organizer/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/guatemalan-immigrant-luisa-moreno-expelled-us-groundbreaking-labor-activism-180969750/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luisa_Moreno
https://americanhistory.si.edu/american-enterprise/new-perspectives/luisa-moreno https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_a_Texas_Moon 

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