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Nydia Velasquez
Nydia is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Alba Nydia Díaz (born 1955), Puerto Rican actress *Carmen Nydia Velázquez, Puerto Rican comedian and singer *Irma Nydia Vázquez (1929–2019), Miss Puerto Rico 1948 *Nydia Caro (born 1948), American and Puerto Rican actress and singer *Nydia Blas (born 1981), American photographer *Nydia Ecury (1926–2012), Aruban-Dutch writer, translator and actress *Nydia Lamarque (1906–1982), Argentine poet *Nydia Pereyra-Lizaso (1920–1998), Uruguayan composer, pianist, and music educator *Nydia Quintero Turbay (born 1932), first lady of Colombia *Nydia Rojas (born 1980), American singer *Nydia Velázquez (born 1953), Puerto Rican American politician in the United States House of Representatives since 1993 *Nydia Westman Nydia Eileen Westman (February 19, 1902 – May 23, 1970) was an American character actress and singer of stage, screen, and television. Early years Westman's parents, Theodore and Lily (Wren) Westm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alba Nydia Díaz
Alba Nydia Díaz (born April 27, 1955) is a Puerto Rican actress who has worked in Puerto Rico and Mexico. Early years Díaz was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The roles she portrayed in her early days and years after were not leading roles, from ' (''Guilty Conscience''), in 1969, through ''Cristina Bazán'', in 1977. Acting career on television During the 1970s, she appeared in Mexican soap operas including ''Colorina'' (''Goldfinch''), with Mexican actress Lucía Méndez, ' (''The Right to be Born''), and ' (''The Curse''), also taped and broadcast by Televisa. By the end of the 1970s, Díaz was performing in leading roles in the telenovelas: ''La Jibarita'' (''The Country Girl''), taped in Dominican Republic, ' (''Models S.A.'') opposite Fernando Allende and Giselle Blondet, and ' (''When a love arouses''), opposite Braulio Castillo Jr., both taped in Puerto Rico. Acting career on stage Díaz has also performed on stage in Puerto Rico, including in ' (''The Passion of Antígo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Nydia Velázquez
Carmen Nydia Velázquez (born 2 October 1947) is a Puerto Rican comedian,Desfilan en masa para honrar a Ponce.' Sandra Torres Guzmán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 31. Issue 1556. 25 September 2013. Page 24. Retrieved 25 September 2013. Weblink updated 25 October 2019. actress''Feliz Carmen Nydia Velázquez con el reconocimiento en su Playa de Ponce.'' Voces del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 15 January 2020. Accessed 16 January 2020. and singer. She is best known for her fictional role in the duo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irma Nydia Vázquez
Irma Nydia Vázquez (June 8, 1929 – May 2, 2019) was Puerto Rico's representative (as Miss Puerto Rico) to the 1948 Miss America pageant. Although Malen Pietrantoni started Puerto Rico's annual participation in the event in 1937 as Miss Puerto Rico, and Zulma Caballero Lopez participated in 1938, Vázquez is nonetheless generally credited with being the first Puerto Rican contestant in the event, which required all contestants to sign a contract, which then required that "contestant must be in good health and of the white race." Life The daughter of an industrialist and sister of a future Puerto Rico secretary of state, Pedro Vázquez. She began her school studies at the Colegio Puertorriqueño de Niñas in San Juan; he continued in the Labra and Central High School of Santurce. She was the second wife of Puerto Rican singer and composer Bobby Capó, a marriage initially opposed by her family but which lasted 25 years, during which they had 5 children. She was born in San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nydia Caro
Nydia Caro (born June 7, 1948) is a Puerto Rican-American singer and actress. Early years Caro was born in New York City to parents from Rincón, Puerto Rico, and initiated her career in the arts at a very young age while living in New York. She attended James Monroe H.S. where she graduated in 1964. After completing high school, she enrolled in the New York School of Performing Arts in singing, dancing, and acting classes. Music and acting career Caro made her debut in show business acting at an NBC television show, and in 1964, released a Christmas-themed single on the Roulette Records label, "Ask Me What I Want for Christmas". In 1967, shortly after her father died, she moved to Puerto Rico and released her first album titled '. She has released 20 internationally acclaimed albums and CDs ever since. Caro enrolled at the University of Puerto Rico in literature to enhance her Spanish skills. She was hired immediately to co-host a popular teen show by channel 2 ("Show Coca-Cola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nydia Blas
Nydia Blas (born 1981) is an American photographer from the state of New York, whose works explore the identity of young Black women and girls. Her concern at the lack of Black women represented in the visual arts has led her to concentrate solely on making images of women of color. She is currently an assistant professor at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, where she teaches photography in the department of art and visual culture. Early life and education Nydia Blas was born in October 1981, and grew up in Ithaca, New York. Blas received her bachelor's degree from Ithaca College in cinema and photography with a minor in African diaspora studies. She received her Master of Fine Arts in photography from Syracuse University. Photography Blas began making photographs as a teenager. At first, she was interested in photography as a process, particularly trying and failing until the desired product is achieved. She then became intrigued with photography as a means to influence public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nydia Ecury
Nydia Ecury (2 February 19262 March 2012) was an Aruban-Dutch writer, translator and actress. She published five collections of poetry and translated plays of major European and American playwrights into the Papiamentu language, helping to develop the native dialect into a cultural language. The recipient of numerous awards, including the Chapi di Plata literary prize, Ecury was honored as a knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau. Early life Nydia Maria Enrica Ecury was born on 2 February 1926 in Oranjestad, Aruba in a fishing village called Rancho in the west area of the capital to Ana Paulina Wilhelmina Ernst and Nicasio Segundo Ecury. Her father was an honorary consul to Haiti and a first-generation freeborn man of African descent. Her mother was an orphan from the main island of the Dutch Caribbean; Curaçao. Boy Ecury, her brother, had joined the Dutch resistance fighters, and was executed by the Germans during World War II; he became Aruba's national hero. In total, they we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nydia Lamarque
Nydia Lamarque (1906–1982) was an Argentine poet. In addition to publishing several books of poetry, she was a lawyer, activist, and translator. She was associated with the socialism and feminism movements. Biography Early life Lamarque was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and was of partial French descent on her father's side. At age 12, she began writing poetry. Poetry and translation In 1925, Lamarque published '','' her first book of poetry. In 1927, she published '. In 1930, her third work, ', was published. In 1950, she published ', and in 1951, she published ''.'' She was fluent in French and was known as a "prominent translator of French literature," translating the work of "Baudelaire, Jean Racine, Rimbaud, Henri De Man, Adolfo Boschot, and Héctor Berlioz." In 1948, she published the first translation of Baudelaire in Argentina. Law career Lamarque worked as a defense attorney and was hired by the Red International Association. Socialism and feminism La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nydia Pereyra-Lizaso
Nydia Pereyra-Lizaso (12 May 1920 – 2 November 1998) was a Uruguayan composer, pianist, and music educator. Life Nydia was born in Rocha, Uruguay, Rocha, Uruguay in 1920. She studied music with Dolores Bell and Carmen Barrera at the Conservatory of Teresiano in Rocha, and in Montevideo with Wilhelm Kolischer for piano, Tomás Mujica for counterpoint and fugue and Enrique Casal-Chapí for composition. After completing her studies, she worked as a composer and taught music at the Kolischer Conservatory and at the Institute of Musical Education. Pereyra-Lizaso's works have been performed internationally. Her ''Four miniatures for violin and viola'' won the chamber music award at GEDOK in Mannheim, 1966. She also won the Casa de Teatro stage music award in 1959, 1964, 1966, 1967 and 1978 for incidental music in plays performed by the Comedia Nacional. She has published a number of pedagogical works written for children. Pereyra-Lizaso died in November 1998 at the age of 78. Work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nydia Quintero Turbay
Nydia Quintero Turbay (born 28 August 1932) is the ex-wife of the 25th president of Colombia, Julio César Turbay Ayala, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1978 to 1982 when they were still married. She is the founder and former president of , a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the condition of impoverished Colombian families through educational and nutritional programs for children, the disabled and the poor. Personal life She was born on 28 August 1932 in Neiva, Huila to Jorge Quintero Céspedes and Adhalía Turbay Ayala. She is of Lebanese and Basque descent. She attended in Neiva where she lived until the death of her father when she moved to Bogotá to study at the '. On 18 May 1948, against the wishes of her family, she married her maternal uncle Julio César Turbay Ayala in a clandestine wedding in a Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nydia Rojas
Nydia Rojas (born 1980) is an American singer who performs in a wide range of musical styles such as jazz, soul, and R&B, but makes a particular specialty of Mexican folk music. Early life and education Rojas was born in Whittier, California. Rojas spent several years of her early childhood in Guadalajara, Mexico, where she was exposed to local musical styles which greatly influenced her later career. At age 9, her first public performance took place at an East Los Angeles marketplace named El Mercadito, which marked the albeit small beginning of her public performing career. That same year, she performed at a retirement home in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and the following year, at age 10, she embarked on regular gigs at several Mexican restaurants in the Los Angeles area. Initially she sang with a mariachi group which already performed at the restaurant, but soon she was in demand in her own right. In this context, she accepted requests for songs from restaurant patrons, arrangin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nydia Velázquez
Nydia Margarita Velázquez Serrano ( , ; born March 28, 1953) is an American politician serving in the United States House of Representatives since 1993. A Democrat from New York, Velázquez chaired the Congressional Hispanic Caucus until January 3, 2011. Her district, in New York City, was numbered the from 1993 to 2013 and has been numbered the since 2013. Velázquez is the first Puerto Rican woman to serve in the United States Congress. Early life, education and career Velázquez was born in the town of Limones in the municipality of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, on March 28, 1953. She grew up in a small house on the Río Limones with eight other siblings.Deborah SontagPuerto Rican-Born Favorite Treated Like Outsider ''New York Times'' (November 2, 1992).Mary B. W. Tabor ''New York Times'' (September 17, 1992). Her mother was Carmen Luisa Serrano Medina, and her father, Benito Velázquez Rodríguez, was a low-income worker in the sugarcane fields who became a self-taught polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
