From fighting for the rights of farm workers to speaking up against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, Dolores Huerta’s life has been one of activism. These images, starting from the ’60s, depict moments of struggle, resilience and joy.

Her fights to champion rights took her from 150-mile marches to the White House, where she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.

William Kircher, AFL-CIO director and Dolores Huerta, vice president of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, are witnesses before a Senate Labor subcommittee, July 15, 1969, looking into efforts of migrant and seasonal farm workers to organize. (AP Photo)
United Farm Workers leader Dolores Huerta (center) leads a rally along with Howard Wallace, president of the San Francisco chapter of the UFW (left) and Maria Elena Chavez, 16, the daughter of César Chávez (right) in San Francisco’s Mission District on Nov. 19, 1988, as part of a national boycott of what the UFW claims is the dangerous use of pesticides on table grapes. (AP Photo/Court Mast)
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, along with local college students stage a rally supporting candidate Gray Davis for governor of California, Saturday, Oct. 17, 1998 at East Los Angeles College in Los Angeles. The group then began a door-to-door campaign urging Latinos, in particular, to get out the vote and to oppose the candidacy of Republican Dan Lungren, because of what they claim is anti-Latino legislation he supported. (AP Photo/E.J. Flynn)
United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez, right, followed by UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta, second from right, lead members of the UFW as they continue their 150 mile march near Thornton, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2002. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Dolores Huerta tours her exhibition, “Viva la Causa! Dolores Huerta and the Struggle for Justice,” at La Plaza de la Cultura y Artes museum on April 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
President Barack Obama awards Dolores Huerta the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House on May 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Dolores Huerta participates in a groundbreaking ceremony where California opened its state park at the Dos Rios property in Modesto on April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Sophie Austin)
Civil rights legend Dolores Huerta, 95, speaks at a rally in Los Angeles, Monday, June 9, 2025, calling for the release of labor union leader David Huerta, who was arrested during a protest on June 6. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta attends a dedication of the Cesar Chavez Monument on the San Jose State University campus on Sept. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Steve Saldivar, Multimedia Director (he/him) 

My Background: I worked at the Los Angeles Times as video journalist. Prior to that, I was the social media coordinator at The Getty. 

What I do: I produce video and photography for The LA Local. I help shape the visual identity of The LA Local across all our platforms.  

Why LA: I was born in East LA to immigrant parents. Seeing reporting that accurately reflect our community drives me to document our stories, particularly those that show our tradition and culture. 

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