Deborah Mora-Espinosa

Deborah Mora Espinosa (born 1951) is a Chicana activist in Colorado. She worked for History Colorado as the director of El Pueblo History Museum.

Biography Early life Deborah Mora Espinosa was born in Grand Junction, Colorado in 1951 to parents Gilbert Mora-Durán and Calletana Mora-Adargo. She grew up in western Colorado where her father worked on the D&RGW Railroad in Colorado. He died when Espinosa was 12 years old. Her parents had limited education and highly valued it in their children. The Mora family had three boys and four girls, and all received their high-school diplomas.

Espinosa faced discrimination based on class and her Chicano heritage. Her parents were stigmatized for speaking Spanish. She attended a parochial elementary school where she was one of two Mexican children. The paper ran from about 1968-1974 and operated out of the Espinosa's house.

Published works

Mora-Espinosa, Deborah. "Teresita Sandoval: Woman in Between." La Gente : Hispano History and Life in Colorado. Ed. C. de Baca, Vincent. Denver, Colo: Colorado Historical Society, 1998. Print.