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Mela Leger

Proponent of bilingual education in New Mexico · Lived 1928 to 2006 · aged 78

Manuelita de Atocha Leger, known as Mela Leger, was an early proponent for bilingual education in New Mexico. With her husband Ray Leger, she helped write the 1973 Bilingual Multicultural Education Act, which provided for Spanish and Indigenous languages to be taught in New Mexico K12 schools.

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Lived 1928 to 2006 · aged 78