Aurora Castillo
✓ Source-basedstableAmerican environmentalist
United StatesLived 1914 to 1998 · aged 84Aurora Castillo known as "la doña - a title of respect given to her by her largely Latino community - was an American environmentalist and community activist from Los Angeles, California. She co-founded the Mothers of East Los Angeles (MELA) in 1984.
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Aurora Castillo known as "la doña - a title of respect given to her by her largely Latino community - was an American environmentalist and community activist from Los Angeles, California. She co-founded the Mothers of East Los Angeles (MELA) in 1984. The MELA organization successfully opposed a planned building of a toxic waste incinerator and state prison in Eastside Los Angeles. Castillo was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1995.
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