103 q C q Educator Diana Caballero. Courtesy of the Luis O. Reyes Papers. Centro Archives, Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College, CUNY. CABALLERO, DIANA (1947– ) Diana Caballero is an educator, community organizer, and activist. She has dedicated much of her life to developing civil rights and educational reform organizations . She was a member of the Young Lords Party (1970s), president of the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights (1983–1987), and director of the Puerto Rican/Latino Education Roundtable (1984–1997). Caballero was born and raised in the South Bronx area of New York and went to public schools. After receiving an associate’s degree in secretarial studies from the Borough of Manhattan Community College (1967), she went on to complete a B.A. in elementary education at City College of the City University of New York (1970). In 1978 she graduated summa cum laude with a master’s degree in elementary and bilingual education from Long Island University, and she obtained both an M.A. and an Ed.D. in educational administration and bilingual education from Teachers College of Columbia University in 1996. From Hofstra University she received a certificate of advanced study in educational administration. In 1972 Caballero successfully coordinated the efforts of a coalition formed to pressure the Public Broadcasting Network, WNET, Channel 13, to produce and fund Realidades, the first bilingual television series transmitted in the United States. Later, as a member of the project team, she helped develop program philosophy and content. From 1972 to 1984 Caballero worked in different settings, but always as an advocate for bilingual education. She was, for example, an elementaryschool teacher, and as a trainer and resource specialist, she presented workshops for teachers, administrators, and parents. As the director of the Puerto Rican/Latino Education Roundtable based at the Centro de Estudios Puertorrique ños, Hunter College, she effectively advocated for educational reform and the needs of Latino students throughout the public school system. As a strong proponent of the right to a bilingual education, she served as coordinator of the Bilingual Education Task Force of the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights and the New York Coalition for Bilingual Education. Caballero participated on numerous boards, committees , and commissions concerned with public education , such as the Manhattan Borough President’s Task Force on Education and Decentralization, Chancellor Fernández’s Multi-cultural Advisory Board, and the City-wide Community School Board Elections Committee . She also served on Education Commissioner Thomas Sobol’s Task Force on Minorities: Equity and Excellence that published the controversial report “Curriculum of Inclusion,” which was highly critical of the exclusionary school curriculum in effect throughout the system. Her activism went beyond educational advocacy, as is demonstrated by her work with the Committee against Fort Apache (1980–1981) (formed Cabeza de Baca, Fabiola 104 q to counter media racism and oppose the film Fort Apache: The Bronx) and the Black and Latino Coalition against Police Brutality (1979–1980). Caballero has been widely recognized for her educational advocacy, her organizational leadership, and her dedication to upholding the democratic and civil rights of Puerto Ricans and other Latinos. In 1990 she received an award from the Women for Racial and Economic Equality and in 1989 from the Parents Coalition for Education of New York City. She was also the recipient of the Charles Bannerman Memorial Fellowship Award in 1988. Caballero is currently an assistant professor in the Bilingual Education Program of the Department of Childhood Education at the City College of New York. The Diana Caballero Papers at the Library and Archives of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College are important sources in the areas of bilingual education , language rights, and educational reform. They provide information about organizations such as the Committee against Fort Apache and the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights and community activism in the 1980s. See also Education; Young Lords SOURCE: Caballero, Diana. 1967–1999. Papers. Centro Archives, Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College, CUNY. Ismael García, Nélida Pérez, and Pedro Juan Hernández CABEZA DE BACA, FABIOLA (1894–1991) Fabiola Cabeza de Baca, a Hispanic New Mexican writer also known as Fabiola C. de Baca Gilbert, was born on May 16, 1894, in La Liendre, New Mexico Territory , to Graciano and Indalecia C. de Baca. As a writer and folklorist, Cabeza de Baca touched the lives of many people throughout her long career. Some historians and folklorists consider her a “legendary” figure of New Mexico, while...