Mimi Lozano

Mimi Lozano (born 1933) is an American educator and activist for Hispanic rights who co-founded the Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research and is the editor and publisher of Somos Primos, an online monthly publication dedicated to Hispanic heritage. She was named the 2006 Woman of the Year by Costa Mesa, California Assemblyman Van Tran.

Early years Lozano (birth name: Nohemi Lozano) was born in San Antonio, Texas to Catalino Lozano and Aurora Chapa. Her family moved to Los Angeles, California when she was an infant where she received her primary education. She moved from Los Angeles after her parents divorced and in 1951, Lozano and her sister graduated from Manteca High School in the San Joaquin Valley.

SHAAR She became involved in promoting Hispanic heritage, locally and nationally and in 1986, Lozano, together with Tony Campos, Raul Guerra and Ophelia Marquez, co-founded the Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research (SHHAR) in Orange County, California. SHHAR is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization whose purpose is helping Hispanics and Latinos research their family history. The SHHAR booth at the Orange County Fair has won first place ribbons in Education and Quality and has taken ribbons at each of the four years, starting in 2000, in which SHHAR participated. Lozano currently serves as president of the organization which has grown to a national networking status.

Somos Primos In 1990, Lozano founded and has served as the editor and publisher of Somos Primos. Somos Primos, originally printed as a quarterly newsletter, is an online monthly publication dedicated to Hispanic heritage. Somos Primos came about out of the necessity for a SHHAR member newsletter. Somos Primos was first distributed to members, as a quarterly newsletter. In 1995, a database was developed for networking purposes for Somos Primos with the assistance of her husband Win Holtzman. This service in turn helped the increasing number of out of state and out of the country readers and researchers to communicate with each other. That same year, Lozano was named to the US Senate Task Force on Hispanic Affairs .

There are too many such stories long ignored, but there's still time to add them to the nation's historical record for future generations to integrate our historical contributions into the history and development of the U.S. We have been viewed as separate and apart, when in fact we provided a foundation. These events will reveal that truth of our continual presence and support

Lozano and her husband reside in California and have two children: a son Aury, a family physician, and a daughter Tawn, an attorney.