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Tato Laviera
Biography of Tato Laviera
Jesus Abraham Laviera Sanchez known as “Tato” was born on May 9, 1950 in Santurce, Puerto Rico.
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He is an Afro-Puerto Rican that immigrated to the United States, where he and his family settled in the Lower East Side of New York City.
His father was a philosopher and a writer. Laviera is best known as a renowned Nuyorican Poet because all his life he was involved in many human rights organizations.
He addresses themes of immigration, race, history, and transcultural identity.
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They began calling him "Tato" because according to his Catholic school; it was not right for a boy who didn’t speak English and colored to have the name of Jesus. Laviera graduated with honors from high school.
He attended Cornell University and then Brooklyn College but never finished, not obtaining a degree. His interest instead was to help in social and community work; he spent his time in a non-profit organization which provided educa