Famous Latinx Birthdays

Photo from tennisworldusa.org. Click HERE .  ¡Feliz cumpleaños a... Garbiñe Muguruza! (1993-) A Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player formerly ranked #1 in the world, Muguruza is currently ranked #7 by the WTA. She turned pro in 2012 and has since won six singles titles, including two majors (the French Open in 2016 and Wimbledon in 2017). Muguruza was born in Caracas, Venezuela to a Venezuelan mother and a Basque Spanish father. She holds dual Spanish Venezuelan nationality. She began playing tennis at the age of three in Venezuela. She moved to Spain when she was six years old and began training at the Bruguera Tennis Academy near Barcelona. To see her answer questions in Spanish about her personal preferences (favorite movie, famous person she's like to meet, etc), click HERE . Too see highlights of her match against Venus Williams in the finals of Wimbledon 2017, click HERE . And finally, to see her talk (in Spanish) about her morning routine before a match, click HERE . For...

Photo from panamericanworld.com. Click HERE .  ¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Albert Subirats! (1986-      ) An Olympic swimmer from Venezuela who won Venezuela's first World Championship medal in 2007, Subirats was born in Valencia, Carabobo (in Venezuela) and originally loved soccer, but asthma forced him to turn to swimming at the age of 13. By the age of 17, he had won a swimming scholarship to the University of Arizona, where he became a three time individual NCAA champion (the 100 yd fly in 2006 and 2007, his junior and senior years, and the 100 yd backstroke his senior year). Nicknamed "El Tornado," he has represented Venezuela in the Olympics three times, in 2004, 2008, and 2012. He currently lives and works in Miami. See him interviewed (in Spanish) HERE . For resources for teaching Spanish, Level 1 through AP, CLICK HERE.