Early life ĭolores Huerta was born on April 10, 1930, in the mining town of Dawson, New Mexico. In California, April 10 is Dolores Huerta Day. As a role model to many in the Latino community, Huerta is the subject of many corridos (Mexican or Mexican-American ballads) and murals. Huerta is the originator of the phrase " Sí, se puede". She was the first Latina inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame, in 1993. Debs Foundation Outstanding American Award, the United States Presidential Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Huerta has received numerous awards for her community service and advocacy for workers', immigrants', and women's rights, including the Eugene V. Huerta helped organize the Delano grape strike in 1965 in California and was the lead negotiator in the workers' contract that was created after the strike. Quotations related to Dolores Huerta at Wikiquoteĭolores Clara Fernández Huerta (born April 10, 1930) is an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Cesar Chavez, is a co-founder of the National Farmworkers Association, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). Co-Founder of the National Farmworkers Association
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