Chicano Activist, Journalist and Educator Dr. Roberto Rodriguez, Dies at 69

Dr. Roberto 'Cintli' Rodriguez – award-winning Chicano activist, writer, and educator – died Monday, The Tucson Sentinel reported.
Rodriguez, who was once a staff writer for Black Issues In Higher Education and later Diverse: Issues In Higher Education,  died of heart failure in Teotihuacan, Mexico. He was 69.
“He was heroic,” said Patrisia Gonzales, Rodriguez’s colleague and wife. “He was someone really touched by destiny.”
A trained journalist and lecturer, Rodriguez authored four books and numerous essays, poems, and columns.
He was also a professor of Mexican American studies at the University of Arizona (UA). A staunch advocate for Mexican American studies classes in Arizona public…