For his 60-year legacy and pioneering bilingual education, the Hartford Board of Education named a school in his honor, the first time a living person has received such a distinction.
1 / 30 | Hernán Lafontaine, the first Puerto Rican superintendent of a school district in the United States. In a small library, which breathes history and knowledge, Hernán Lafontaine – at 91 years old – speaks with the same passion with which he transformed bilingual education in the United States. -Itzel Rivera