L. Frank Manriquez, Artist, Activist

“Humanities has connected cultures in a way that we can share information that has been lost.”
David Mas Masumoto, Farmer & Author

“Stories help enable us to work and help create our identity.”
Eugene & Emiliano Rodriguez, Los Cenzontles

“Los Cenzontles Academy is a place where the humanities is alive and three-dimensional.”
Craig Watson, Former Dir. CA Arts Council

“The best of what the people in the humanities do is they help translate the things we don’t see easily…”
Janice Mirikitani, Poet & Activist

“Humanities is creating light, it’s walking with each other through darkness.”
Alice Waters, Restaurateur

“The principles that guide my life’s work are all rooted in the humanities. Through farming … we can share in a common experience.”
Teddy Cruz, Architect & Professor

“Knowledge, and the access to knowledge is of primary importance.”
John Cho, Film & Television Actor

“Humanities help deal with the most important questions in life.”
Isabel Allende, Author

“Humanities is the oldest way to understand life.”
Luis Valdez, Writer, & Teacher

“Communicate ideas through stories.”