On this page are the Puerto Ricans that are our lead­ers of today and of our future.  They may be Lawyers, Doc­tors, Poli­tians, or just lead­ers in our communities.

Sonia Sotomayor

May 26, 2009 Pres­i­dent Barack Obama nom­i­nated Fed­eral Appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor as his choice to be the next Supreme Court Judge mak­ing her the first His­panic in his­tory picked to be Supreme Court Judge. While it looks unlikely that Repub­li­cans will block Pres­i­dent Obama’s first Supreme Court pick, some sen­a­tors con­tinue to raise ques­tions about Sonia Sotomayor. Read More

Samuel A. Ramirez, Sr.

Samuel A. Ramirez, Sr. (born 1941) made Wall Street  His­tory by becom­ing the first His­panic  to launch a suc­cess­ful invest­ment bank­ing firm.CONTINUE READING

Jose A. Cabranes

Jose A. Cabranes was the first Puerto Rican appointed to a feeral judge­ship in the United States and the sec­ond Puerto Rican to be appointed as a judge of a United States Court of Appeals.MORE

Anto­nia Novello

Anonia Nov­ello was a vice admi­ral in the Pub­lic Health Ser­vice Com­mis­sioned Corps and also served as the four­teenth Sur­geon Gen­eral. Nov­ello was the first His­panic to serve as sur­geon Gen­eral.FULL STORY

Nydia Velazquez

Nydia is a mem­ber of the U.s. House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives who rep­re­sents New York’s 12^th Con­gres­sional Dis­trict. MORE

Olga San Juan

Olga was an actress, dancer and come­dian dur­ing the 1940s. MORE

Diego E. Hernandez

Diego is a retired United States Navy offi­cer and also the first His­panic to be named Vice Com­man­der.MORE

Juan R. Cruz

Puerto Rican Aero­space Engi­neer worked on the Mars Rover Project con­tinue reading

Arturo Alfonso Schomburg

Puerto Rican his­to­rian, writer, and activist in the United States who researched and raised aware­ness of the great con­tri­bu­tions that Afro-Latin Amer­i­cans and Afro-Americans have made to soci­ety.Full arti­cle