While still a daytime soap actress (she appeared in more than 300 episodes of The Young and the Restless between 2001 and 2003), Longoria had met the celebrated labor leader Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association. When Longoria reconnected with her years later seeking guidance on Latino issues, Huerta recommended she read Rodolfo Acuña’s book Occupied America: A History of Chicanos. Longoria emailed Acuña, whom she met for coffee, and she then audited his Chicano 101 class at California State University Northridge.
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