
Antolovich
Gabrielle Antolovich has a 40-year career in Australia, Los Angeles,…

Lobo Sapigao
A poet, author, teacher, and 2017 KQED Arts San Francisco Bay…

Near
Timothy Near received a Bachelor of Arts in drama from San Francisco…

Fernando
Sera Fernando (she, her, siya) is a proud queer, transgender,…

Mendoza
During her time in San José between the 1960s and 1970s, Sofia…

Keel
Adrienne Keel (She/Her) is a proud graduate of Evergreen Valley…

Hammer
Before being the second female mayor for the City of San José,…

Biala
Arlene Biala (she/her) is a native Bay Area Pinay, wife, mother…

Knox Goodrich
In 1869, Sarah Knox-Goodrich organized San José’s first Women’s…

Dalis
The American mezzo-soprano singer, Irene Dalis, started her career…

Tunstall-Grant
Ruth Tunstall-Grant was an acclaimed artist and a warrior for…

Cervantes
Lorna Dee Cervantes is one of the greatest figures in Chicano…

Boyer
Elizabeth P. Boyer arrived in San José in 1898. After time spent…

Lakey
Cherri Lakey is the founder of Phantom Galleries, a Two Fish…

Hirabayashi
Patti Jo Hirabayashi, known as PJ, is recognized in the North…

Castellano
A mother, wife, and grandmother, Carmen Castellano was the co-founder…

Cashion
A teacher most of her life, Dr. Susan V. Cashion was a former…

Cordell
The Honorable LaDoris Hazzard Cordell was the first female African…

Córdova
A woman of the community and rebirth, Kathy Córdova is a 1985…

Tâm
During a time when most recordings of music in Vietnam were folk…

Shortridge Foltz
Clara Shortridge Foltz was a West Coast pioneer. Around 1876,…

Sivertsen
Wiggsy Sivertsen has been fighting for LGBTQ equality, against…

Massey Overton
Sarah Massey Overton was a suffragist, a leading black freedom…

Powell
With an education in computer science, Kathleen Powell is the…

Millares
An entrepreneur and businesswoman, mother, community builder…
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