BIOGRAPHY

Biography of Delores Huerta



Biography of Delores Huerta

Introduction

The consummate Leader Dolores Huerta was born on April 10, 1930 in a mining town where her father, Juan Fernandez, was a farmer and miner; he was also a state legislator and union activist. When, Dolores Huerta was a baby, his family lived in a village in northern New Mexico. His father, Juan Fernandez worked in the field and as a miner. Dolores was only three years old when his parents divorced. Alicia Chavez, his mother decided to move and their 5 children in Stockton, California (Vogel, 2005). Her mother owned a restaurant and a hotel room for seventy often housed peasants for nothing. Her mother was active in community organization, she also taught her daughter to be honest and generous. After passing high school she received a degree of instruction from the community college of the University of Pacific Delta.

Alicia Chavez raised his three daughters and two sons and taught them to help other people. Dolores remembers her mother as a feminist because all the children were responsible for keeping house. In addition, the mother of Dolores was the owner of a hotel and restaurant rooms left free to farm workers. After being in elementary school teacher, Dolores left her job because in his words, "I could not see the children enter the room hungry and needing shoes (Vogel, 2005). I thought I could do more in organizing the farmers trying to teach their malnourished children (Telles, 2007). At the home of Dolores Clara Fernandez, better known as Dolores Huerta, had already planted the seeds of struggle for the rights of workers, because Dolores's father, Juan Fernandez, worked in the mines and was a union activist. Dolores Huerta was active in Girl Scouts groups up to 18 years of age. She studied at the University of Pacific's Delta College in Stockton, California. It was not until she began teaching she realized the hard and harsh reality of their students. Many of them came to the classroom with bare feet and empty stomachs. Since that time in her life, Dolores Huerta decided to start her mission to repair the injustices affecting their community (Schiff, 2005).

She also had an experience of being a member of girl scouts' troop. She had been a member of girls scout troop when she was only 8, and she continued as a member of this troop since she turned 18. Troop of Dolores got involved in various different community activities such as during World War II they raised funds to support USO (Amsler, 2007). The troop truly represented international community that is why it was unique at that time. It included girls from different ethnic backgrounds such as, Chinese, Latino, African American and Filipino. Dolores stopped being a teacher and began working for the Organization of Community Service in 1955 (Rose, 2004). The CSO was fighting against discrimination, and police brutality, people registered to vote, trying to improve social services and influencing ...