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Rita Moreno on equality, what it’s like to be a ‘first woman,’ and her amazing Oscar story
Rita Moreno turned 89 year old last week and if you ask her how it feels, she’ll tell you it feels like 88. The legendary actress is the first Latina woman (and the second woman overall) to win an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony, and a Grammy- making her an EGOT and the last living performer to have done so. She was born Rosita Dolores Alverío in Humacao Puerto Rico on December 11, 1931 to seamstress Rosa María and farmer Francisco José “Paco” Alverío.