![]() You can empower a child to rise to their God-given potential. It’s never been simpler – or more important – to become a tutor or mentor today. For all of you in our community who care, this is the perfect opportunity to put your faith into action. That perfectly sums up the essence of our community enablement model. “It is up to us who care to look out for them in any way we can.” In fact, she is in the process of filming the updated remake of “West Side Story.” But she hasn’t lost sight of the need to nurture and equip children and youth, especially the marginalized. Isn’t teaching children to read a basic human service?”įortunately for Rita and her adoring fans, she did indeed work again. “I’m talking about doing a service, a community service. You will never work as an adult again in show business.” But she was undeterred. “All my friends and colleagues said, ‘Are you crazy? Don’t do a children’s show. And it’s why I wanted to do a show called ‘The Electric Company.’”Īt the time it was a risky career move. “From the day my daughter was born, I started working in my profession for her in a very special way to make her proud. Rita Moreno’s love life was a dramatic one. When she moved with her mother to New York in 1936, they left behind their younger brother Francisco. When she became a mother, she had no idea how gratifying it would be. Rita Moreno was the first-born child of her mother, Rosa Maria. However, many also know her for her spirited performances in the Electric Company, the groundbreaking educational children’s television show. Of course, Rita is best known for her role as Anita in West Side Story. So that’s really why I am here to celebrate and support your good work of hope, labor, love.”Ĭhildren Rising was honored to have Rita as our special guest at Hope for Children Now LIVE. “People assume that everybody has a mentor, especially when they’re in show business, not me. Growing up, mentors and role models didn’t exist, at least for little girls like her. “It was sort of like ‘West Side Story.’ We were the working poor, the people they’re now calling lazy.” “Isn’t teaching children to read a basic human service? It is up to us who care to look out for them in any way we can.” - Rita Moreno Rita experienced winter for the first time, and sometimes had to run from bullies. Rita’s mother quickly found work as a seamstress in the garment district. “My mom was looking for a better life for the two of us…’a place where everyone is good to you and you have opportunities, and it’s all going to be much better.’ It didn’t happen quite that way, but it’s been an extraordinary experience.” “I didn’t know it then but my mom was fleeing the stinging poverty of Puerto Rico,” she explained. Rita came to the United States when she was five years old. And Children Rising was honored to have Rita as our special guest at Hope for Children Now LIVE. Although she has been in the limelight for nearly 70 years, her story is a uniquely American one. She has won Oscar, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony awards as an actress, singer, and performer. Rita Moreno Shares Her Passion for Childhood Education
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