LUPE ONTIVEROS A POPULAR ACTRESS AND A STRONG VOICE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE HAS PASSED AWAY IN LOS ANGELES
BY TONY FRANCO WWW.ELNOTICOTO.COM Lupe Ontiveros (September 17, 1942 – July 26, 2012) was an American film and television actress. Ontiveros acted in numerous films and television shows, more recently, an all-knowing grandmother. She was considered a "Forceful Voice for Social Justice, and a Trailblazer for Latinas Nationwide" Ontiveros was born Guadalupe Moreno in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of Luz "Lucita" Castanon and Juan Moreno, middle-class Mexican immigrants who overcame a lack of formal education and were owners of a tortilla factory and two restaurants in El Paso. She graduated from El Paso High School and went on to study at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas, where she received a bachelor's degree in social work. After her marriage, she and her husband moved to California to realize his dream of starting an automotive business. Ontiveros saw an article about a need for local film "extras". With her husband Eli