TRAILBLAZERS

• David Livingston Carrasco, 1st Mexican American to Coach at a Major U.S. University, Youth Empowerment - Sponsor: Hon. Alicia R. Chacón

• Alicia R. Chacón, Trailblazer in Politics - Sponsors: Elizabeth Robles & Corinne Chacon

• Dr. Jose Manuel de la Rosa, Trailblazer in Education (Organized Paul Foster School of Medicine) 

• Marta Duron Hernandez, Trailblazer in Public Service, first woman to serve as City/County Tax Assessor/Collector - Sponsor: Ann McAlmon

• Pete Duarte, Trailblazer in Community Health - Sponsors: Ismael & Ramon Legarreta

• Tommy Espinoza, Trailblazer in Minority Finance - Sponsor: Mexican American Cultural Institute

• José María De León Hernández, Tejano Music Legend & National Heritage Fellow - Sponsor: Hon. Alicia R. Chacón

• Hector Holguin, Trailblazer in Technology - Sponsor: Amit Ghosh

• Dr. Josefina Lujan, Trailblazer in Education, Organized Gayle Greve School of Nursing

• Felix Martinez, Trailblazer, Business Pioneer - Sponsor: Hon. Ricardo Samaniego

• Laura Martinez-Herring, Trailblazer - Glamour Industry, First Hispanic Woman to win Miss Texas and Miss USA

• Javier Montez, First Olympian athlete from El Paso - 1952 Helsinki

• Lawrence A. Nixon, Voting Rights Advocacy - Sponsor: Black El Paso Democrats, McCall Center, El Paso County Democratic Party

• Danny Olivas, Aeronautics Engineer, Trailblazer in Space, First El Pasoan in Space - Sponsor: Rachel Harracksingh

• Leo Rivera, Trailblazer of Lowrider Cultura

• Hon. Carl Robinson, First African American County Commissioner - Sponsor: Rachel Harracksingh

• Belen Robles, First Female National LULAC President from El Paso - Sponsor: El Paso Community College

• Iliana Limón Romero, Trailblazer in Sports Journalism - Sponsor: Jose & Lily Limón

• ​Carolina Reyes, First Hispanic Woman Elected President of the Congressional Club

• Hon. Silvestre Reyes, First Mexican American Elected to Represent the 16th Congressional District of Texas

• Ruben Salazar, Trailblazer in Journalism

• Carmen Rodriguez, Attorney, First Chicana to run for El Paso Mayor

• Hon. Jose R. Rodriguez, First Chicano Elected County Attorney

• Hon. Mauro Rosas, first Mexican American elected to Texas Legislature, Lincoln School graduate

• Ambassador Raymond Telles, Trailblazer in Politics, First Mexican American Elected Mayor

• Nestor Valencia, First Mexican American City Planner for El Paso, Designer of Lincoln Park

 

CIVIL RIGHTS & JUSTICE

• Alberto Armendariz, Sr. - Trailblazer in Civil Rights Law, Co-founder of MALDEF, !st National President of LULAC from El Paso Sponsor: Dr. Kathy Staudt

• Luis Enrique Chew, Advocate for Independent Living

• Martha P. Cotera, Author, Civil Rights Activist, Chicana Feminist

• Abelardo Delgado, Author whose work played a prominent role in El Movimiento

• Guillermo Glenn, Social Justice Guerrero

• Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales, Mobilizing Youth, Articulating Chicano Identity - Sponsor: Lincoln Park Conservation Committee

• Jose Angel Gutierrez, Architect of Political Change - Sponsor: Lincoln Park Conservation Committee

• Dolores Huerta, Farm Workers Rights Activist, Feminista - Sponsor: Lincoln Park Conservation Committee

• George McAlmon, Champion of Social Justice - Sponsor: Ann McAlmon

• Ricardo Flores Magon, Mexican Revolutionary Author & Leader

• Enrique Moreno, Defender of Civil Rights - Sponsor: Carla Monsisvais

• Lawrence A. Nixon, Voting Rights Advocacy - Sponsor: Black El Paso Democrats, McCall Center, El Paso County Democratic Party

• Reies Lopez Tijerina, Land Rights Activist - Sponsor: Lincoln Park Conservation Committee

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COMMUNITY EDUCATION & PROSPERITY

• Lorenzo Alarcon, Education

• Rafael Calderon, Business

• Miguel Carrasco, Founder and Director of Smeltertown Vocation School

• Alfred de los Santos, Founder of El Paso Community College - Sponsor: El Paso Community College

• Mike Dipp, Community Bridge Builder & Humanitarian - Sponsor: Tanny Berg

• Hector Holguin, Trailblazer in Technology - Sponsor: Amit Ghosh

• Olalee McCall, a principal of Douglass School (all Black school established 1895) during the times of segregation in El Paso - Sponsor: Rachel Harracksingh

• Jose Santos, Business

• Jose Silva, Business

• Toby Tovar, Business & Community Service

• William Serrata, Education - Exemplary Leadership of El Paso Community College - Sponsor: El Paso Community College

• Maxine Silva, Education Activist

• Anthony Trujillo, Education - Sponsors: Marta Provenghi & Alexis Lawless

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COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Guillermo "Memo" Acosta, Activist

• Lucy Acosta, Community Leadership

• Mike Dipp, Community Service - Sponsor: Tanny Berg

• Queta Fierro, Community Service - Sponsors: Fierro Boys

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COMMUNITY WELLBEING

• Monsignor Arturo Bañuelas, Spiritual Leadership - Sponsor: MACI

• Irene Chavez, Healthcare

• Dr. Jose L. Garcia, Healthcare, Creator of Circulo de Hombres - Sponsor: Imelda Garcia 

• Dr. Ray Gardea, Activist

• Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe - Sponsors: Hon. Alicia R. Chacon, Hon. Lily Limon and Margarita Sanchez

• Dr. Luis Guerra de la Fuente, Hospice Care - Sponsor: Elizabeth Robles

• Dr. Manuel Hornedo, Healthcare

• Dr. Jose Luna, Public & Community Health

• Bishop Raymundo Peña, Spiritual Leadership

• Susana Reza, Social Services for Persons in Crisis - Sponsors: Daniel Tovar & Leo Feuerstein

• Raul Tarango, Healer - Sponsors: Martin Caballero, Corinne Chacon, Elizabeth Robles & Ofelia Sanchez

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CREATIVE ARTS

• Felipe Adame, Muralist, First Artist at Lincoln Park

• Rudolfo Anaya, One of the founding voices in modern Chicano literature - Sponsor: Ann McAlmon

• Marta Arat, Artista

• Jose Antonio Burciaga, Author

• Carlos Callejo, Muralist

• Denise Chavez, Author, Bilingual Literacy Champion

• Jose Cisneros, Illustrator

• Sandra Cisneros, Author, poet, performer, artist

• Ruben Cubillos, Tejano Advocate, Legendary Graphic Designer and Former Lead Singer of Latin Breed - Sponsor: Linda Gonzales-Hensgen

• Gaspar Enriquez, Artista - Sponsors: Hector & Debbie Gutierrez

• Arturo Islas, Author

• Luis Jimenez, Sculptor

• Ernesto Martinez, Artist, Educator & Mentor

• Pat Mora, Author

• Tony Piña. Artista

• Estela Portillo-Trambley, one of the first Mexican American writers to achieve national attention

• Benjamin Alire Saenz, Author - Sponsor: Carmen Perez

• Aaron Sanchez, Chef

• Urbici Soler, Sculptor of El Cristo Rey

• Don Tosti - Musician, composer, band and orchestra leader; "progenitor of modern Chicano music"

• Sergio Troncoso, Author & Educator

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CULTURE KEEPERS

• Carlos Aceves, Indigenous Tradition

• Ramon Arroyos, Indigenous Tradition

• Dr. Dennis Bixler-Marquez, Chicano/a Studies - Sponsor: UTEP Chicano Studies Department 

• David Lee Carrasco, Meso-American Archeology

• Viola Villalva del Toro, Spirituality, Music & Food - Sponsors: Familia de Viola

• Gabriel Gaytan, Artist & Educator, Cosmology - Sponsor: El Paso Community College

• Hector Gonzales, Culture Keeper - Lowriders

• Rosa Guerrero, Folklorico - Sponsors: Iliana Limon Romero, Marisa Limon Garza, Lily Limon

• Esther Rosencrans, The Tamal Tradition - Sponsor: Rosencrans Salinas Family

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HISTORICAL PLACE FLAGS

• Ascarate Park - Sponsor: El Paso County

• El Paso County Coliseum - Sponsor El Paso County

• El Paso County Hospital (UMC) - Sponsor: El Paso County

• Enrique Moreno County Courthouse - Sponsor: El Paso County

• Mission Trail - Sponsor: County Commissioner Iliana Holguin

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HISTORIANS

• Cleofas Calleros, Historian

• Dr Miguel Juarez, Historian of Lincoln Park 

• Dr. Yolanda Chavez Leyva, Historian - Sponsor: Dr. Cynthia Leyva

• Dr. Oscar Martinez, Historian & Activist - Sponsor: Ann McAlmon

• David Dorado Romo, Historian

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LABOR UNION LEADERSHIP

• Juan Aranda, Steelworkers Labor Leader - Sponsor: Ann McAlmon

• Cesar Chavez, Farmworker Rights - Sponsor: El Paso Community College

• Dolores Huerta, Farm Workers Rights Activist, Feminista - Sponsor: El Paso Community College

• Carlos Marentes, Farmworker Advocacy - Sponsor: Elizabeth Robles

• Alfredo Montoya, Labor Leader - Steelworkers

• Pablo Torres, Labor Leader - Painters Union

• Francisco Villa, Union Man, Neighborhood Advocate, petitioner to establish Jefferson HS (1949) - Sponsor: Dr. Cynthia Renteria

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NEIGHBORHOOD STEWARDSHIP

• Hector Bencomo, Activist

• Carmen Felix, Neighborhood Preservation - Sponsor: Ann McAlmon

• Elvira Escajeda, Activist (Led Negotiations During Chamizal Episode)

• Marshall & Olalee McCall, Trailblazers, Marshall McCall was the first African American postal worker in El Paso. Olalee, his wife,  was a principal of Douglass School (all Black school established 1895) during the times of segregation in El Paso - Sponsor: Rachel Harracksingh

• Antonio "Tonita" Morales, Duranguito Resistance, Community Leadership - Sponsor: Paso del Sur

• Carolyne Redic, Youth Empowerment, Northeast El Paso - - Sponsor: Ann McAlmon

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PUBLIC SERVICE

• Fermin Dorado, Mexican American City Engineer for El Paso

• Hon. Paul C. Moreno. Conscience of the Texas House of Representatives, Once the Longest Serving Hispanic Official in the United States

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SPORTS

• Saul Armendariz "Cassandro" - Gay Icon and First Exotico to win a World Title

• Javier Montez, First Olympian athlete from El Paso - 1952 Helsinki

• Lee Trevino, Professional Sports - Golf

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VETERANS

• Company E - The only all Mexican-American infantry unit (250 soldiers) during World War II from all across Texas and 85 soldiers from El Paso's south side who had attended Bowie High School. Led by: Lt. Gabriel I. Navarrette

• Marshall & Olalee McCall, Trailblazers, Marshall McCall was the first African American postal worker in El Paso. Olalee, his wife,  was a principal of Douglass School (all Black school established 1895) during the times of segregation in El Paso 

• Carlos Rivera, Veterans Advocacy

• Hon. Carl Robinson, First African American County Commissioner

• Marcelino Serna, Military Service, one of the most decorated soldiers from Texas in World War I. First Hispanic to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, second highest military decoration in the US Army.

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