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title: "7 Proud Latina Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Proud Latina quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Proud Latina sayings and thoughts."
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> [I have to represent. I feel proud to have a culture that's different... and proud to be a Latina. We're not all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-martinez/i-have-to-represent-i-feel-proud-to-have-a-culture-that-s-different/)

[Natalie Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-martinez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd4/natalie-martinez-28517_also_i-have-to-represent-i-feel-proud-to-have_33599.jpg)

> [I have always been taught to be proud of being Latina, proud of being Mexican, and I was. I was probably more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-gruwell/i-have-always-been-taught-to-be-proud-of-being-latina-proud-of-being/)

[Erin Gruwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-gruwell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f9/erin-gruwell-17932_be-proud_i-have-always-been-taught-to-be-proud-of_365609.jpg)

> [We made history when President Obama appointed Sonia Sotomayor, a proud Latina, the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. And as the President…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-gonzalez/we-made-history-when-president-obama-appointed-sonia-sotomayor-a/)

[Charlie Gonzalez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-gonzalez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/charlie-gonzalez-27470_best-person_we-made-history-when-president-obama-app_371376.png)

> [I'm so proud to be a Latina. Growing up and being Latina and growing up with my father and getting to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-bella/i-m-so-proud-to-be-a-latina-growing-up-and-being-latina-and-growing/)

[Nikki Bella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-bella/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c2/nikki-bella-7137_father_i-m-so-proud-to-be-a-latina-growing-up-a_1092273.jpg)

> [My father is Cuban. Spanish was my first language, but I don't speak it that much anymore because I had dyslexia, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bella-thorne/my-father-is-cuban-spanish-was-my-first-language-but-i-don-t-speak-it/)

[Bella Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bella-thorne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88b/bella-thorne-11643_cuban_my-father-is-cuban-spanish-was-my-first_1595968.jpg)

> [I am very proud to be a Latina, because that's also something that makes me very unique.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lele-pons/i-am-very-proud-to-be-a-latina-because-that-s-also-something-that/)

[Lele Pons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lele-pons/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d12/lele-pons-18434_i-am_i-am-very-proud-to-be-a-latina-because-t_1858946.jpg)

> [Latinos are here to stay. As citizen Raquel, I'm proud to be Latina.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-welch/latinos-are-here-to-stay-as-citizen-raquel-i-m-proud-to-be-latina/)

[Raquel Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-welch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/raquel-welch-10453_latin_latinos-are-here-to-stay-as-citizen-raqu_2644009.png)

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