“Yo soy Cesar Estrada Chavez”
Cesar E. Chavez is a famous Hispanic civil rights activist who always put others before himself. He was born on March 31, 1927 in Yuma, Arizona. In his early years he worked hard towards his education and religion. While in school, he was often teased for being Hispanic, and punished by his teachers for speaking Spanish. In 1942, Chavez graduated from the 8th grade and never went to high school in order to help support the farming life at home. By that time he had moved to California with his family for work on farms. At the age of nineteen, he joined the navy for two years, and then when he returned home, married his girlfriend Helen. It wasn’t long before he was recognized