Google is celebrating civil rights pioneer Felicitas Mendez in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Mendez was born in Juncos, Puerto Rico, in 1916 and later moved to the small town of Westminster, Calif. She married Mexican immigrant, Gonzalo Mendez, in 1935 and the couple opened a neighborhood cafe and later ran a successful farm. The Mendez family's three children were refused enrollment at a local public school based on their ...