Caridad de la Luz a.k.a. "La Bruja" (The "Good" Witch) is a poetess, actress and activist. A poetess, in the simplest sense, is a woman poet. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as involvement in action to bring about change, be it social, political, environmental, or other change. ...

Caridad (La Bruja) de la Luz

Luz, whose parents moved to New York City from Puerto Rico, was born and raised in the South Bronx. There she also received her primary and secondary education. As a child she was always surrounded by the sounds of salsa music since she lived in a section which is also known as "El Condado de la Salsa" (Salsa County). Luz would often prepare shows for her family, imitating her favorite salsa singer Celia Cruz. She also enjoyed writing, especially poetry. She graduated with honors from Murry Bergtraum High School. New York City portal The Empire State Building (right) and the Chrysler Building (left) are easily recognized symbols of New York City to the world. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. ... Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Caribbean and Latin genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad. ... Celia Cruz autobiography. ...

Luz made her debut as an artist in 1996 when she made her presentation at the Nuyorican Cafe in New York. The Cafe is known as a place where many poets got their first start in front of a live audience. Among those who have performed there are: Miguel Piñero, Pedro Pietri and Edwin Torres. Her one-woman show "Boogie Rican Blvd." is about the life of the Puerto Rican persona from the Bronx to Puerto Rico. She blends characters, poetry, photography and music. Her show was a success and it wasn't long before she was touring presenting her show in diffferent cities of the United States, Europe and Latin America. 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Miguel Piñero (December 19, 1946–June 18, 1988), born in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, was a playwright, actor, and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. ... Pedro Pietri (March 21, 1944-March 3, 2004) born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was a Nuyorican poet and playwright who co-founded the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. ... Edwin Torres(born c. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

In 1998, she participated in an uncredited role as a dancer in the movie Dance with Me, starring Vanessa Williams and Chayanne. In 2000, Luz made her featured movie debut as "Cuca" in Spike Lee's film Bamboozed. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Vanessa Lynn Williams This article is about Vanessa Williams the actress and singer, for the actress on Melrose Place see Vanessa Williams (actress). ... Chayanne (born June 28, 1968) is a Latin Pop singer who was born as Elmer Figueroa de Arce in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico. ... Spike Lee Shelton Jackson Lee (born March 20, 1957), better known as Spike Lee, is a controversial film director, producer, writer, and actor noted for his many films dealing with social and political issues. ...

On October 2001, "Boogie Rican Blvd." made its Off-Broadway debut at The Producers Club and later at La Téa Theater. Among the other theater productions in which she has performed are: "Ubu Unchained", "El Spanglish language Sandwich" by Pedro Pietri and "Women Like This" a Hip Hop festival held in Switzerland. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... Spanglish, a portmanteau of the words Spanish and English, is a name used to refer to a range of language-contact phenomena, primarily in the speech of the Hispanic population of the USA, which is exposed to both Spanish and English. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ...

In 2002, Luz gave a reading entitled "WTC" (World Trade Center) simply by ultilizing the three letters of the historic acronym which reminded the audience in HBO's Russell Simmon's Def Poetry Jam, how complex the events of 9-11 are and will continue to be. That same year she also participated in HBO's Hip Hop Hope. Her poems have been published in magazines such as Shout, Vibe, Source, AWOL, Urban and Stress Magazines, El Vocero and in El Centro journal for Hunter College. The World Trade Center in New York City (sometimes informally referred to as the WTC) was a complex of seven buildings designed by Japanese-American architect Minoru Yamasaki and leased by Larry Silverstein from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey around a central plaza, near the south... HBO logo HBO (Home Box Office) is a premium cable television network. ... El Vocero is a Puerto Rican newspaper that is published in San Juan. ... Hunter College of The City University of New York See also: Hunter College High School Hunter College of The City University of New York (known more commonly as simply Hunter College) is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY), located on Manhattans Upper East Side. ...

In 2004, she played the role of "Lucy" in the film Down to the Bone and in 2005 she played herself in the Latin movie El Vacilón. In the History Channels series Witch Hunt, she was cast as "Tituba". HBO Latino will release an album entitled "Brujalicious", a mixture of Latin Tinged Hip Hop and Reggeaton. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... The History Channel is a cable television channel, dedicated to the presentation of historical events and persons, often with frequent observations and explanations by noted historians as well as reenactors and witnesses to events, if possible. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: test page If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain why on its talk page or at Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. ...

Luz, who is married with two children, teachs a workshop called "How can I change the World" for the East Harlem Tutorial Program. During her spare time she enjoys singing, dancing and traveling to Puerto Rico. She appears as a spokes model for Levis Jean's in a nationwide print campaign that runs in Glamour, Entertainment Weekly, US Weekly and Marie Claire magazines. In 2005 Luz was selected by the New York Spanish language newspaper "El Diario/La Prensa" as one of the 50 most distinguished Latinas in the United States. Spanish Harlem, also known as East Harlem or El Barrio, is a neighborhood in northeastern part of the borough of Manhattan, one of the largest predominantly Hispanic communities in New York City. ... Levis are a brand of riveted denim jeans manufactured by Levi Strauss & Co. ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ...

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans

list of famous Puerto Ricans in alphabetical order by last names, where applicable. ...

External link

• El Diario/La Prensa - Caridad de la Luz