His childhood and teenage years were spent tirelessly working in countless fields with over 300,000 other migrant workers. Soon after, the Great Depression and the hardships it brought with it forced Juana and her family from their home to California.Ĭésar Chávez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, along with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association. In 1927, thirty-five-year-old Juana gave birth to a baby boy, Cesar Estrada Chavez. The two settled on Librado’s father’s small farm in the Gila Valley. Later in life, she married Librado Chavez.
Yuma prides itself on being the “Sunniest City on Earth,” and because of this near-constant supply of sunshine and fresh water, it has become the “Winter Lettuce Capitol of the World.” Chances are, if you’ve enjoyed a leafy vegetable this winter in the US, it came from Yuma.īefore the acres of green lettuce fields appeared in Yuma, the town was known as the “Gateway to California.” In 1892, Juana Estrada was brought to Yuma as a six-month-old. It’s near here that the Gila River converges with the Colorado River if you follow the Colorado River far enough south, it becomes the Rio Colorado. If you look at a map of the United States and follow the bottom point of Nevada down to the border of the US and Mexico, halfway between San Diego and Tucson, you’ll find Yuma, Arizona. He was a pioneer in the farming industry and made strides for the NFWA. Today we are sharing with you the life of Cesar Chavez.
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