How did a girl growing up near the rainforests of Puerto Rico become a Hollywood star and the first Puerto Rican woman to win an Academy Award? Find out in this addition to the Who HQ library! Before she was Rita Moreno,Rosita Dolores Alverío emigrated to New York City from Puerto Rico with her mother when she was five years old. With a talent for dancing and performingshe started her career on the stage at age nine. By the time she was thirteenRita made her Broadway debut! Best known for her role in West Side StoryRita became the first Puerto Rican woman to win an Academy Award and eventually the first Latina woman in history to win an EGOTall four of the major entertainment awards. After thriving in Hollywood and on BroadwayRita found joy in children’s televisionand became a regular cast member with The Electric Company and a guest star on The Muppets. While sharing her love for musicdancingand performingshe also focused on political activism in the 1960ssupporting Martin Luther King Jr. and the idea that by working togetherchange can be made for the better. Learn all about the career and life of the inspirational Hollywood and Broadway star Rita Moreno in this biography for young readers!