Dolores Huerta is a legendary American labor leader and a civil rights activist who is best known for United Farm Workers. She made a big impact in America with Cesar Chavez to make change on the treatment of migrant farm workers. She fought for worker’s rights, women’s rights, immigration reform, and lobbying for legislative changes. Huerta and Chavez made up this phrase “Si, se puede” which translates in English to, “Yes, we can”. This Phase was a demonstration of hope, justice and that everything is possible.

In 1965, Huerta began leading the boycott of grape farming with other farmer workers, families, friends and gathering anyone to help out on the hard, painful, unfair life these immigration workers had. During these marches and boycotting, Huerta’s life was threatened with beatings, and she was arrested multiple times and sustained serious injuries. But Huerta always had a reason and spirit of always standing up again and keep fighting for what is right for the people. Huerta was able to successfully accomplish this achievement with the help of all people who always wanted equality in all life, a greater change for workers, and women.

Huerta was born on April 10, 1930 in the town of Dawson, New Mexico. She became an elementary teacher. What was happening to and the suffering of farmworkers prompted her to leave the profession. Her dad was a miner and then a beet farmer which led to Huerta’s understanding of the plight of farmworkers in America. She attended the University of the Pacific’s Stockton College (later San Joaquin Delta College) and graduated in 1953 with a provisional teaching credential. Huerta later on married Ralph Head during college and has 11 children. Huerta is currently 94 years old and still continues on working for community organization.  In 2002, she founded the Dolores Huerta Foundation to advocate for social justice.