Famous People with Name Esmeralda

Esmeralda Santiago            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Esmeralda Santiago: In 1961, she came to the United States when she was thirteen years old, the eldest in a family that would eventually include eleven children. Santiago attended New York City's, she and her husband, Frank Cantor, founded CANTOMEDIA, a film and media production company, which has won numerous awards for excellence in documentary filmmaking.Her writing career evolved from her work as a producer/writer of documentary and educational films. Her essays and opinion pieces have appeared in national newspapers including the New York Times and the Boston Globe, and on mass market magazines like House & Garden, Metropolitan Home, and Good Housekeeping.

Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid: was a Colombian activist, politician and diplomat, a leader of the women's suffrage movement in Colombia and the first woman to ever be elected to the Congress of Colombia, former Ambassador to Austria and Yugoslavia, and former Minister of Communications. As a member of the Colombian Constituent Assembly of 1954, she approved the Legislative Act No. 3, which granted women the right to vote.