Bolivian Americans are usually those of Indigenous, Mestizo, or Spanish background but also occasionally having African, German, Croatian, Lebanese and/or Japanese heritage.
Bolivians compose the third smallest Latin American group in the United States, with a 2010 Census population of 99,210. The highest concentration resides in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, which accounts for 38% of the total Bolivian population in the United States (especially Fairfax County, Virginia).[2] Additional areas of concentration include the New York City borough of Queens, Miami-Dade County, and the cities of Los Angeles and Providence, Rhode Island. In relative terms, a large number of Bolivian-born medical doctors reside in the Chicago metropolitan area.
– Bolivian born, American portrait artist
Juan Fernando Bastos
– Bolivian born, classical guitarist and University professor
Javier Calderon
– pediatric neuroscientist and medical doctor (Born Spain of Bolivian parents)
F. Xavier Castellanos
– CEO of SoftBank Group, and Brightstar Corporation (Born Brazil of Bolivian parents)
Marcelo Claure
– Professor of comparative literature, fiction writer known for environmentalist science fiction
Liliana Colanzi
– soccer player
Windsor del Llano
– Bolivian national tennis champion in five divisions, NAIA All-American Honorable Mention, Carolina Conference Player of the Year[20]
Ana-Maria Diez de Medina
– high school AP calculus teacher, educator
Jaime Escalante
– journalist, television news anchor for UNIVISION Miami metropolitan area
Natalia Girard
– civil and structural engineer, first Bolivian Fulbright scholar to the United States, former president of the Society of Bolivian Engineers
Walter Gonzalez Gonzalez
– professor of Latin American literature, short story writer, novelist
Rodrigo Hasbun
– movie and TV actor, advocate for American Indians
Pato Hoffmann
– born in Chicago, Illinois resident of Berlin, Germany, painter, sculptor, performance artist who was featured at Exhibition 211
Donna Huanca
– Bolivian-born, petroleum engineer, founder and CEO of ALTIVIA industrial chemicals company
Michael Jusbasche
– chemical engineer, university professor, researcher on nano materials for brain imaging and agriculture (Bolivian mother, French-Canadian father)
Markita del Carpio Landry
– Grammy Award-winning musician, violinist, conductor, Queen Elisabeth Competition first prize in violin
Jaime Laredo
– composer of Hollywood sound tracks and symphony conductor
Jaime Mendoza-Nava
– writer of children's literature
Ben Mikaelsen
– Bolivian born, neuroscientist, science educator, diplomat
Mohammed Mostajo-Radji
– public servant
Cecilia Muñoz
– journalist, TV personality
Milenka Peña
– economist, lawyer, politician
Vicente Sarmiento
– retired Bolivian-American soccer midfielder
Carlos Scott
– Bolivian-born son of Austrian Jewish refugees, college professor, historian, author
Leo Spitzer
– singer-songwriter
Chris Syler
– member of the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
Alberto Torrico
– Golden Globe-winning actress, author (father Bolivian)
Raquel Welch
– born in Argentina of Bolivian parents, former Director of the Global Leadership Institute at the Eleanor Roosevelt Center, fine art photographer
Carolina Zumaran-Jones
Bolivia–United States relations
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Bolivian Americans
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Vargas Caro, Michaela. "." REMEZCLA Media Company, edited by Stephany Torres
5 Bolivian American Creatives You Need to Know
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EXPLORING CULTURAL IDENTITIES / EXPLORANDO IDENTIDADES CULTURALES
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‘Functional & Beautiful’ Lips Bolivianita Gloss
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