Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15) is being celebrated across the nation. To celebrate local people who reflect the spirit of Hispanic Heritage Month, we recognize two Hispanic heroes, one from Hayward and the other from San Jose.
Dr. B. Roberto CruzDr. Cruz received a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley in 1971 and later became an education professor at Stanford University. After seeing few Hispanics enrolled in colleges, he founded the National Hispanic University (NHU) in 1981. It started as a two-classroom facility in Oakland and grew to an accredited private college, which moved to San José in 1991. NHU is a WASC-accredited, 4-year university authorized to grant degrees since 1981.