Hugo Morales is a latino

Latino

The demonyms Latino and Latina , are defined in English language dictionaries as:* "a person of Latin-American descent."* "A Latin American."* "A person of Hispanic, especially Latin-American, descent, often one living in the United States."...

 founder and Executive Director of Radio Bilingüe, Inc.

He is a Mixtec

Mixtec

The Mixtec are indigenous Mesoamerican peoples inhabiting the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Guerrero and Puebla in a region known as La Mixteca. The Mixtecan languages form an important branch of the Otomanguean language family....

 raised in Oaxaca, Mexico

Oaxaca, Oaxaca

The city and municipality of Oaxaca de Juárez, or simply Oaxaca, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name . It is located in the Centro District in the Central Valleys region of the state, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre at the base of the Cerro del Fortín...

, until his family immigrated to California.
He worked as a farmworker in Sonoma County.
He graduated from Harvard College

Harvard College

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, and Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School

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, in 1975.

He is on the California Post-secondary Education Commission, and Latino Public Radio Consortium.

Awards

• 1994 MacArthur Fellows Program
  MacArthur Fellows Program
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• 1999 Edward R. Murrow Award
  Edward R. Murrow Award (CPB)
  The Edward R. Murrow Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Radio is a journalism award given by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting annually since 1997.-Recipients:* 1977, Burton D. Harrison* 1978, Donald R. Quayle* 1979, Albert L. Hulsen...
  
  , by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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• 2007 Bader Award

External links

• Radio Bilingüe
• "Los Angeles: Bilingüe has target but no channel yet", Current, July 20, 2009, Karen Everhart