{"id":6111,"date":"2023-09-25T18:19:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T18:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=6111"},"modified":"2025-01-24T14:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T19:03:14","slug":"celebrated-actor-author-to-be-featured-speaker-as-purdue-global-celebrates-hispanic-heritage-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/Q3\/celebrated-actor-author-to-be-featured-speaker-as-purdue-global-celebrates-hispanic-heritage-month","title":{"rendered":"Celebrated actor, author to be featured speaker as Purdue Global celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"purdue-initial-words-wrap\"><p class=\"purdue-initial-words wp-block-paragraph\">WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. &mdash;<\/p> \n<p>Author and actor Sonia Manzano, best known for her role as Maria on \u201cSesame Street,\u201d will be the keynote speaker for Purdue Global\u2019s observation and celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the Purdue Global Office of Organizational Culture and Inclusive Excellence Speaker Series, Manzano will present a keynote address on Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 1 p.m. ET via Zoom, culminating more than a month\u2019s worth of events celebrating Hispanic culture.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purdueglobal.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN__w_8ueL-TZyYaPnn5y3U9A#\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Registration<\/a>&nbsp;is required prior to the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n    <div  class=\"purdue-home-quick-links-static \">\n        <div class=\"tagged-header-container\">\n\n            <h2 class=\"tagged-header\"><span>Additional Information<\/span><\/h2>\n        \n        <\/div>\n\n       <ul class=\"quick-links-content\">\n                                        <li class=\"quick-link__item\">\n                                                                <a class=\"quick-link__link\"\n                                    href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2023\/Q3\/purdue-global-dont-fear-generative-ai-tools-in-the-classroom.html?_gl=1*k5r97t*_gcl_au*MTI2OTM2NTMzMy4xNzIxMzI3MzQx*_ga*MTI1ODYxMjIzOC4xNzIxMzI3MzQw*_ga_PF1CYQ27F6*MTcyMTMyNzM0MS4yNC4xLjE3MjEzMjc0MzEuMC4wLjA.&amp;_ga=2.129139848.582948183.1721327340-1258612238.1721327340\" target=\"_self\">\n                                    Purdue Global: Don\u2019t fear generative AI tools in the classroom                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                                                <li class=\"quick-link__item\">\n                                                                <a class=\"quick-link__link\"\n                                    href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2023\/Q3\/purdue-global-to-offer-new-military-physician-assistant-preparation-concentration.html?_ga=2.199596845.2016048592.1694701233-1908270571.1694701232&amp;_gl=1*k5r97t*_gcl_au*MTI2OTM2NTMzMy4xNzIxMzI3MzQx*_ga*MTI1ODYxMjIzOC4xNzIxMzI3MzQw*_ga_PF1CYQ27F6*MTcyMTMyNzM0MS4yNC4xLjE3MjEzMjc0MzEuMC4wLjA.\" target=\"_self\">\n                                    Purdue Global to offer new Military Physician Assistant Preparation concentration                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                                                <li class=\"quick-link__item\">\n                                                                <a class=\"quick-link__link\"\n                                    href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2023\/Q3\/baseball-was-my-dream-and-purdue-global-moved-me-forward.html?_gl=1*k5r97t*_gcl_au*MTI2OTM2NTMzMy4xNzIxMzI3MzQx*_ga*MTI1ODYxMjIzOC4xNzIxMzI3MzQw*_ga_PF1CYQ27F6*MTcyMTMyNzM0MS4yNC4xLjE3MjEzMjc0MzEuMC4wLjA.&amp;_ga=2.129139848.582948183.1721327340-1258612238.1721327340\" target=\"_self\">\n                                    \u2018Baseball was my dream, and Purdue Global moved me forward\u2019                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/manzano-soniaLO.jpg\" alt=\"Sonia Manzano. (Photo provided)\" class=\"wp-image-6112\" style=\"width:1000px\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/manzano-soniaLO.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/manzano-soniaLO-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/manzano-soniaLO-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sonia Manzano. (Photo provided)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Honored by Latina Magazine as one of the \u201c25 Greatest Latino Role Models Ever,\u201d Manzano spent more than 40 years on \u201cSesame Street\u201d after breaking ground as one of the first Hispanic characters on national television. She has been an inspiration to countless others, sharing her journey of courage and perseverance on her way to becoming one of the most influential Latinas in television history. Manzano is also an accomplished author, having written several children\u2019s books and novels, as well as a memoir, titled \u201cBecoming Maria.\u201d Her first children\u2019s picture book, \u201cNo Dogs Allowed!,\u201d was distributed by General Mills through an initiative to encourage childhood literacy, resulting in more than 1.5 million copies being distributed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Purdue Global\u2019s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration features numerous virtual events, including book club meetings, a first-generation college student mixer, movie panels and more.&nbsp; A full list of events can be found&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/purdueglobal.edu\/ocie\/heritage-months\/hispanic-heritage-month\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/purdueglobal.edu\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purdue Global<\/a>, Purdue\u2019s online university for working adults, serves about 35,000 students, 15% of whom are of Hispanic heritage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Purdue Global<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Purdue Global is Purdue\u2019s online university for working adults who have life experience and often some college credits. It offers flexible paths for students to earn an associate, bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s or doctoral degree, based on their work experience, military service and previous college credits, no matter where they are in their life journey. Purdue Global is a nonprofit, public university accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and backed by Purdue University. For more information, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stories.purdue.edu\/purdue-global\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/stories.purdue.edu\/purdue-global\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"note\" class=\"post-content__attribution \">\n    <div class=\"columns\"> \n                    <div class=\"column\"> \n                <p class=\"post-content__source\">\n                    <strong>Media contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Adam Bartels,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Adam.Bartels@purdueglobal.edu\">Adam.Bartels@purdueglobal.edu<\/a><br><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0Kristin Early                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. &mdash; Author and actor Sonia Manzano, best known for her role as Maria on \u201cSesame Street,\u201d will be the keynote speaker for Purdue Global\u2019s observation and celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. 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