Daisy Velasquez

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Daisy Velasquez, otherwise known as "La Green Eyes," is a Salvadoran-American feminist and activist.

[edit] Early Life

Velasquez was born in Torrance, California to a Salvadoran mother and Colombian father, who immigrated to the United States in the 1980s. She grew up in Hawthorne, California, adjacent to Inglewood, California, and attended Yukon Middle School (now known as Bud Carson[1]). She later attended Lawndale High School[2] and graduated fifth in her class.

[edit] Later Years

After graduating at the top of her class from high school she attended Loyola Marymount University in Westchester, California, double majoring in political science and Chicano studies.

[edit] Dismissal From Chicano Studies Department

As of 2007 Velasquez was dismissed from her position as a Chicano studies worker in the department. She asked that this case be reviewed and had the support of many students that formed Brown Blocs around campus in protest of her dismissal. Her dismissal was seen as reaction to her radical politics and indigenous lifestyle that often results in scrutiny from the institution. Her alliance with a faculty member referred to as "Profe"[3], radical Chicana feminists, and Chicana/o anarchists can also be accounted as a motive in her controversial dismissal.