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Brief description of the article content, related topics, related search results: Vickie Castro was a leading female figure during the Chicana movement on the 1960’s and 70’s7 Born: Victoria Castro, August 20, 1945, Los Angeles, California, Nationality: Mexican American, Other names: Vickie, Education: 1973 California State University, 1974 University of California Santa Cruz, 1978 Pepperdine University. Occupation:

Lead section Subheading 1: Biography       (Article Stub) Vickie was born in East Los Angeles and attended a high school in East Los Angeles in the early 1960s and knew what the students of the late 60s were going through. She attended UCLA and was going for education administration. In college she was approached by Sal Castro to attend a youth conference to bring young, educated Chicanos together and bring awareness of their fight and struggles. David Sanchez and Vickie Castro were the founding members of the Brown Berets and held meetings at their coffee shop called La Piranya. It was a small bohemian coffee shop which were famous for their hippie style shops around this time. The Brown Berets were also in attendance and recruited some of the students. According to Sal Castro, “I knew both Vickie and David because both had attended one of the Camp Hess Kramer conferences and were impressive young people. Because of their experiences at the conference, they became more political.” (Castro p.  136). At these conferences is where she found her voice, she states, “This is where I got my voice. This is where my passion for justice was born in me. It changed my whole being.” (Castro p. 109).