astronomy

Mily Treviño-Sauceda

Mily Treviño-Sauceda is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mily Treviño-Sauceda rather than just read about it. In short: Mily Treviño-Sauceda (born 1957 or 1958) is an American writer, trade unionist and leader of the National Alliance of Farmworker Women, a nonprofit organization advocating for the safety and rights of women laborers in agriculture. She is celebrated as a founder of the women's farmworker movement in the United States.

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Reference excerpt

Mily Treviño-Sauceda (born 1957 or 1958) is an American writer, trade unionist and leader of the National Alliance of Farmworker Women, a nonprofit organization advocating for the safety and rights of women laborers in agriculture. She is celebrated as a founder of the women's farmworker movement in the United States. She was recognized twice by People magazine in 2006, and in 2018, Treviño-Sauceda was co-awarded the Smithsonian Institution's American Ingenuity Award for Social Progress.

Early life and education Treviño-Sauceda was born in Bellingham, Washington to farmworkers who immigrated to the United States from Mexico. After her family relocated to Idaho, and then the Coachella Valley, Treviño-Sauceda started working in agricultural fields when she was 8 years old, and as a teenager experienced multiple sexual assaults. While working the fields with her brothers in Blythe, California, Treviño-Sauceda and other farmworkers were doused with pesticides. Treviño-Sauceda attended California State University, Fullerton, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Chicana/o studies with a minor in Women's studies in 1997. She later was awarded a Master's degree in social science from Antioch University in 2014.

Career and activism Treviño-Sauceda joined the United Farm Workers as an agriculture field laborer in the 1970s. In the 1980s while working at California Rural Legal Assistance she joined the California Community Workers Union. In the late 1980s, Treviño-Sauceda joined as a member recruitment and orientation coordinator for the nonprofit organization Líderes Campesinas in California, originally known as "Mujeres Mexicanas", supported by the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, to bring awareness and change on human rights issues disproportionately affecting Mexican women in migrant communities in the Coachella Valley. She eventually was promoted to Executive Director, which she served as for 12 years, and later, the president emeritus. In 1991, when she became pregnant with her son while working during the summer on a field, Treviño-Sauceda said she was discharged as soon as she started to physically appear pregnant, three months into her pregnancy. She said it wasn't until many years later that she realized it was pregnancy discrimination. In 2011, she co-founded National Alliance of Farmworker Women with Mónica Ramírez, which was the first national grassroots women's farmworker organization. In 2018, she joined the fourth cohort of Novo Foundation's Movement to End Violence. As of 2018, she served the National Sexual Violence Resource Center as an advisor and the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council member to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Treviño-Sauceda has been recognized with a number of awards, including "100 Heroines of the World" in 1998, "Sister of Fire" in 2003, Ford Foundation and New York University's "Leadership for a Changing World" award in 2004, and two Cesar Chavez Legacy Award awards. She's been honored by Farmworker Justice, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and People Magazine. In 2019, she was awarded the Visionary Voice Award. In 2020, when the government deemed farm laborers "essential", COVID-19 spread through migrant Mexican communities. Treviño-Sauceda lobbied the Government of California and the California Department of Public Health to provide assistance to the affected people.

Selected publications Treviño-Sauceda, Mily (February 14, 2022). "Women Farmworkers Demand Change". The Progressive. Retrieved March 16, 2022. Treviño-Sauceda, Mily (May 23, 2020). "Essential farmworkers put food on our tables. Where are their basic protections?". USA Today. Retrieved March 16, 2022. Barrett, June; Treviño-Sauceda, Mily (May 2, 2018). "#MeToo Is Creating a 'Ripple Effect' for Domestic and Farm Workers". Vice. Retrieved March 16, 2022.

Personal life Treviño-Sauceda has one child and nine siblings. She lives in Pomona, California, where she coached girls' soccer in the 1990s.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mily Treviño-Sauceda

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mily Treviño-Sauceda claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mily Treviño-Sauceda before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mily Treviño-Sauceda ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mily Treviño-Sauceda

In research: Mily Treviño-Sauceda appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mily Treviño-Sauceda in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mily Treviño-Sauceda is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1950s births, 20th-century American farmers, 21st-century American women writers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mily Treviño-Sauceda outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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