Ecuadorian Americans ( es, ecuatorio-americanos, or ) are

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of full or partial

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ian ancestry. Ecuadorian Americans are the 9th largest Latin American group in the United States. Ecuadorian Americans are usually of

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an (mainly

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), Mestizo,

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or Afro-Ecuadorian background.

History

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Until the 1960s, very few Ecuadorians migrated to the United States. Between the years of 1930 to 1959, 11,025 Ecuadorians received lawful permanent resident status in the United States. From here, slow trickles of emigration continued. Trade relations with and seasonal migration to New York became an avenue for emigration in the 1950s and 1960s. In the late 1960s, several waves of migration started. Most Ecuadorian

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to the United States has occurred since the early 1970s. This emigration was because of several reasons: The first of them was that United States immigration law changed. Before 1965, national quotas on immigrants favored more European immigration than

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immigration. After 1965, changes in immigration law made it easier for Latin Americans and other foreign groups to emigrate to United States. In addition, the price of air travel lowered making immigration more accessible to Latin Americans. They were drawn to the U.S. for economic opportunities and political freedoms. Evelyn_Sanguinetti_2015

Another factor in Ecuadorian emigration was the 1964 Ecuadorian land reform. This improved the lives of many Ecuadorian poor, but also had far-reaching and unpredictable consequences. Many new small landowners were forced to sell their land. Many landowners abandoned their land and migrated to countries like Spain,

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, and the United States. In the early 1980s, Ecuadorian emigration also saw a spike as oil prices fell due in part by the

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. The reduced demand for oil following the

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caused for a surplus of crude oil. This resulted in Ecuador suffering an economic recession, as oil accounted for the country’s largest and main source of revenue. Another cause of Ecuadorian emigration was the El Niño event during 1982–1983. Other resources existing within Ecuador were severely damaged due to the extreme climate conditions caused by El Niño, which included floods, landslides, and torrential rains. Their fishing industry, another source of revenue, especially suffered due to a failed anchovy harvest and sardines unexpectedly moving south toward Chilean waters. The passage of the

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also was a factor in Ecuadorian emigration. It provided legal status to undocumented immigrants who arrived prior to 1982. This provided nearly 17,000 Ecuadorian immigrants with legal residency status, which allowed for them to reside in the United States permanently. This became a major source of family-sponsored Ecuadorian migration to the country. Emigration again peaked in the political turmoil of 1996–97 and the national banking crisis of 1998–99. This turmoil placed seventy percent of Ecuadorians below the poverty line by 1997. Most immigrants who live in the United States send money home. Many immigrants get American citizenship, others simply are legalized, while other groups live illegally, crossing the border from

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or entering by boat from

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. Ecuadorian Americans come from every part of Ecuador. During the 1970s, most of the Ecuadorians came from the northern and central highlands, including the area around Quito. In the 1980s, many Ecuadorians came from the coast. In the 1990s, most of them came from the southern highlands, near the border with

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. The majority of Ecuadorian immigrants emigrate into

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and its surrounding suburbs. The 1990 census recorded that 60 percent of Ecuadorians living in the United States live in the New York City Metropolitan Area; while another 10% live in Miami.

Ecuadorian Return Migration

In 2008, the Great World Recession made for a decline in Ecuadorian emigration. This event also hindered two of Ecuador’s major cash flows: remittances and exports. To aid in the country's recovery, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa implemented the Welcome Home Plan. The plan fights unemployment and serves to boost the economy by encouraging migrants to come home through various ways, including aiding returnees in their own business ventures.

Panama Hat Industry's role in Ecuadorian Emigration

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Ecuadorians had been sewing straw hats ever since the 16th century with the introduction of the Spanish Elites, it was not until 1835 when Manuel Alfaro would start an exportation business that would increase Ecuador's GDP. The success of selling and trading goods relies heavily on a country's location and at the time Ecuador was not a busy stop for travelers. Business people realized that a few miles north, a very busy stop for travelers seeking to go west during the California Gold rush; Panama. One of the only few ways to go west from the east coast or Canada fast and safe was to travel by sea to Panama, cross Isthmus and continue your journey through boat again. Panama became the location where manufactures from Ecuador, specially in the region of Cuenca would export their hats, making Cuenca a Hat industry. A fond importer and buyer of these Hat was the United States, specifically New York. Usually women were in charge of weaving the hats and men were in charge of the business side. Although the hats were very beautifully hand crafted and took months of manufacture, imitations at a cheaper price joined the competition and fashion trends started to change, decreasing the demand for them, thus leading to the decline of the Panama Hat Trade in 1950s, and 1960s. This heavily affected the working class that actually weaved the hats and the elites whom ran the exportation sites. Laborers had to migrate out of their isolated region in hopes to find job opportunities. A wave of Ecuadorians emigrated to New York City through the same connections established during the Hat trade, they were known as "pioneer migrants". Migration to New York was very regionally focused in Ecuador, due to the Ecuadorians high economic reliance on the revenue that the exportation industry created, which was only in Cuenca and Azuay. Ecuador was so involved in this type of economic system because of the impact of pre and post Spanish colonial rule, and thus instead of exporting hats they started to export their own people. When the pioneer migrants reached NYC their families and friends joined as well, leading to a mass out migration in duding the 1980s, and 1990s after the 1980 economic crisis that left a majority of Ecuadorians, even those living in the urban areas unemployed. The exportation of people was facilitated by the only way that Ecuadorians knew, with the help of intermediary guides, who would provide finical needs, foraged papers, and other necessary services in their host countries. These intermediaries, known as "tramitadores," would profit through high interests imposed on prices for the journey to the states typically ranging from $6–10,000 with 10-15% interest, and Ecuador as a whole benefited from remittances sent back. So far in 2019, 780 million of Ecuador's GDP is accounted through remittances which is the second highest source of revenue. Ecuadors regional migration industry is much like the Panama Hat industry in the sense that only a few members run the operation, where the tramitadores were members of one family in an Azyuan town and money lenders as well In 2000, 400,000 Ecuadorians joined the other 1 million already residing in United States. Today stricter immigration policies are in effect forcing Ecuadorians that are already here to stay permanently. This transnational migration of Cuenca and New York City continues today. Ecuadorians are the third largest Latin American group in the New York City and New Jersey Area. Of all the Ecuadorians the migrate to the U.S, 62 percent of them reside in NYC as of 2005 research.

Land Reform Act of 1964

In 1964 Ecuador passed the Land Reform, Idle Lands, and Settlement Act. The law was an attempt to end the feudal system that had existed in the Sierra for centuries. It redistributed land from absentee landlords to the peasants who farmed it. The law set the minimum amount of land to be granted in the redistribution at 4.8 hectares. However, the land redistributed to the peasant farmers was of terrible quality. It was mountainous, unfertile land and often just barely larger than the minimum required amount of land. The large farm owners kept the fertile valley land for themselves. The peasant farmers who received these small plots of land, called ''minifundios'', received little to no government assistance. In spite of these difficulties, however, by 1984 over 700,000 hectares had been distributed to 79,000 peasants. Distribution of the land remained highly unequal. In 1982, 80 percent of the farms consisted of less than ten hectares; yet these small farms accounted for only 15 percent of the farmland. While the Land Reform Act improved the lives and working conditions of many poor Ecuadorian farmers, it shook the country and made it unstable. The system that had been in place for so long had been remodeled and forced many of these farmers to sell their land due to lack of credit and experience. The peasant farmers left the land their forefathers had farmed for generations and headed to Venezuela and the United States.

Demographics

Many Ecuadorians in the United States have settled in cities such as New York City (most residing in various areas of

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, as well as in Bushwick, Brooklyn and Fordham, Bronx); Ossining, New York;

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;

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; Danbury, Connecticut; Jersey City, New Jersey;

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; Orlando, Florida;

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; Fort Lauderdale, Florida;

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; Houston, Texas;

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; Minneapolis, Minnesota;

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; and Cleveland, Ohio. Queens County's percentage of Ecuadorians is about 4.7%, and it has the largest Ecuadorian community of any county in New York and in the United States, numbering just about 101,000 in 2010. Ecuadorians are the 2nd largest

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n Latino group in New York City as well as in the State of New York. Ecuadorians are the fifth largest Latino group in New York after Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Colombians, and Mexicans. Ecuadorians also constitute Queens County's 2nd largest Latino group. Another New York group of Ecuadorians live in the

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, in the Morris Heights and Highbridge neighborhoods north of

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. Still other Ecuadorian neighborhoods are situated in

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; in

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cities such as Newark and Jersey City; and in towns in

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States with highest Ecuadorian population

The 10 states with the largest Ecuadorian population were (Source: Census 2010): # New York - 228,216 (1.2% of state population) #

- 100,480 (1.1% of state population) #

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- 60,574 (0.3% of state population) #

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- 35,570 (0.1% of state population) #

- 23,677 (0.7% of state population) #

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- 22,816 (0.2% of state population) #

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- 10,793 (less than 0.1% of state population) #

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- 10,680 (0.1% of state population) #

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- 8,110 (0.1% of state population) #

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with the smallest Ecuadorian population (as of 2010) was

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with 55 Ecuadorians (less than 0.1% of state population).

US Metro areas with largest Ecuadorian population

The largest Ecuadorian populations are found within these areas (Source: Census 2010) #

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA MSA The New York metropolitan area, also commonly referred to as the Tri-State area, is the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, at , and one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. The vast metropolitan are ...

- 316,243 #

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA The Miami metropolitan area (also known as Greater Miami, the Tri-County Area, South Florida, or the Gold Coast) is the ninth largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the List of largest cities, 34th largest metropolitan ar ...

- 37,029 # Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA MSA - 23,118 #

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- 22,445 # Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT MSA - 13,335 # Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA - 10,189 #

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA The Orlando metropolitan area, commonly referred to as Greater Orlando, Metro Orlando, Central Florida as well as for U.S. Census purposes as the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, is a metropolitan area in the ...

- 9,129 # Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA - 7,121 # New Haven-Milford, CT MSA - 6,680 #

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA The Delaware Valley is a metropolitan region on the East Coast of the United States that comprises and surrounds Philadelphia, the sixth most populous city in the nation and 68th largest city in the world as of 2020. The toponym Delaware Val ...

- 6,440 #

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA The Tampa Bay area is a major populated area surrounding Tampa Bay on the west coast of Florida in the United States. It includes the main cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater. It is the 18th largest metropolitan area in the United S ...

- 5,292 # Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX MSA - 5,011 #

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA The Inland Empire (IE) is a metropolitan area and region inland of and adjacent to coastal Southern California, centering around the cities of San Bernardino and Riverside, and bordering Los Angeles County to the west. It includes the cities ...

- 4,662 # Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA - 4,590 #

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MSA Greater Boston is the metropolitan region of New England encompassing the municipality of Boston (the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England) and its surrounding areas. The region forms the northern ar ...

- 4,287 # Trenton-Princeton, NJ MSA - 4,264 # Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA - 3,944 # Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA - 3,004 # Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY MSA - 2,957 # Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA - 2,700 US counties with largest Ecuadorian immigrant population The total nationally is 438,500. All figures are taken from the 2015 - 2019 American Community Survey per the Migration Policy Institute website. 1) Queens County (Queens), NY -------------71,300 2) Essex County, NJ ---------------------------- 21,800 3) Hudson County, NJ --------------------------- 20,600 4) Kings County (Brooklyn), NY ---------------19,000 5) Bronx County (The Bronx), NY ------------ 17,500 6) Westchester County, NY -------------------- 17,000 7)

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Miami-Dade County, FL Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in ...

--------------------- 15,700 9) Suffolk County, NY ---------------------------- 14,200 10) Fairfield County, CT ------------------------- 11,500 11) New York County (Manhattan), NY ------ 11,400 12) Los Angeles County, CA ------------------- 11,400 13) Broward County, FL ------------------------- 10,800 14)

Bergen County, NJ Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Union County, NJ ------------------------------ 9,700 16) Nassau County, NY --------------------------- 7,600 17) New Haven County, CT ---------------------- 5,300 18) Orange County, FL ---------------------------- 4,700 19) Hennepin County, MN ------------------------ 4,500 20) Palm Beach County, FL ---------------------- 4,200 21) Rockland County, NY ------------------------- 4,100 22)

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------------------------ 3,600 23) Montgomery County, MD -------------------- 3,000 24) Passaic County, NJ --------------------------- 2,900 25)

Mecklenburg County, NC Mecklenburg County is a county located in the southwestern region of the state of North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,115,482, making it the second-most populous county in North Carolina (after Wak ...

-------------------- 2,900 26) Harris County, TX ------------------------------ 2,800 27) Mercer County, NJ ----------------------------- 2,700 28) Morris County, NJ ------------------------------ 2,600

US communities with high percentages of people of Ecuadorian ancestry

The top 25 US communities with the highest percentage of people claiming Ecuadorian ancestry (as of the 2000 census, 2010 numbers in parenthesis) are: # Sleepy Hollow, New York 10.76% (17.54%) # Montauk, New York 8.08% (4.21%) #

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7.87% (19.87%) # Ossining, New York 7.48% (19.31%) # Patchogue, New York 7.09% # Hightstown, New Jersey 6.31% (14.11%) #

Union City, New Jersey Union City is a city in the northern part of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. According to the 2020 United States Census the city had a total population of 68,589,North Plainfield, New Jersey North Plainfield is a borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It is located within the Raritan Valley region. As of the 2010 United States census, the borough's population was 21,936,Town of Ossining, New York 4.98% (19.31%) #

Port Chester, New York Port Chester is a village in the U.S. state of New York and the largest part of the town of Rye in Westchester County by population. At the 2010 U.S. census, the village of Port Chester had a population of 28,967 and was the fifth-most popu ...

4.90% (9.58%) # Hackensack, New Jersey 4.78% (9.98%) #

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4.46% (17.25%) #

West New York, New Jersey West New York is a town in the northern part of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, situated upon the New Jersey Palisades. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 52,912. The Census Bureau's Population Estimat ...

4.45% #

Peekskill, New York Peekskill is a city in northwestern Westchester County, New York, United States, from New York City. Established as a village in 1816, it was incorporated as a city in 1940. It lies on a bay along the east side of the Hudson River, across from ...

4.32% #

North Bergen, New Jersey North Bergen is a township in the northern part of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the township had a total population of 63,361. The township was founded in 1843. It was much diminished in territory by ...

4.02% #

Harrison, New Jersey Harrison is a town in the western part of Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. It is a suburb of the nearby city of Newark, New Jersey, and is located from New York City. As of the 2 ...

3.90% #

Guttenberg, New Jersey Guttenberg ( ) is a town in the northern part of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. In the 2010 Census, it was the most densely populated incorporated municipality in the United States, as well as one of the most densely populated mun ...

3.88% #

East Hampton, New York The Town of East Hampton is located in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, at the eastern end of the South Shore of Long Island. It is the easternmost town in the state of New York. At the time of the 2020 United States census, it had a tot ...

3.81% # East Windsor, New Jersey 3.39% #

Dover, New Jersey Dover is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. Located on the Rockaway River, Dover is about west of New York City and about west of Newark, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 18,157,

3.37% #

Rye, New York Rye is a coastal suburb of New York City in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is separate from the Town of Rye, which has more land area than the city. The City of Rye, formerly the Village of Rye, was part of the Town until it r ...

3.18% #

Belleville, New Jersey Belleville (French: "Belle ville" meaning "Beautiful city / town") is a Township (New Jersey), township in Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States Census, the township's population wa ...

3.06% # Danbury, Connecticut 2.92% (7.57%) #

2.9% #

Weehawken, New Jersey Weehawken is a township in the northern part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located largely on the Hudson Palisades overlooking the Hudson River. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 17,197.

2.83%

U.S. communities with the most residents born in Ecuador

The top 25 U.S. communities with the most residents born in Ecuador are: # Sleepy Hollow, New York 10.4% #

10.3% # Ossining, New York 10.1% # Hightstown, New Jersey 9.5% #

North Plainfield, New Jersey North Plainfield is a borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It is located within the Raritan Valley region. As of the 2010 United States census, the borough's population was 21,936,Montauk, New York 7.8% # Patchogue, New York 7.7% #

Union City, New Jersey Union City is a city in the northern part of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. According to the 2020 United States Census the city had a total population of 68,589,Wainscott, New York Wainscott is a census-designated place (CDP) that roughly corresponds to the hamlet with the same name in the Town of East Hampton in Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the South Fork of Long Island. As of the 2010 United States Cen ...

6.4% #

5.9% #

5.4% # Hackensack, New Jersey 5.3% #

5.2% #

4.8% #

, New York 4.7% #

4.6% #

4.1% # Twin Rivers, New Jersey 4.0% #

3.8% # Danbury, Connecticut 3.7% #

Newark, New Jersey Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.Spring Valley, New York Spring Valley is a village in the towns of Ramapo and Clarkstown in Rockland County, New York, United States. It is located north of Chestnut Ridge, east of Airmont and Monsey, south of Hillcrest, and west of Nanuet. The population was 33, ...

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Tarrytown, New York Tarrytown is a village in the town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, approximately north of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, and is served by a stop on the Metro-North ...

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Brewster, New York Brewster is a village and the principal settlement within the town of Southeast in Putnam County, New York. Its population was 2,390 at the time of the 2010 census. The village, which is the most densely populated portion of the county, was nam ...

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Notable people

Christina Aguilera Christina María Aguilera (; ; born December 18, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. Known for her four-octave vocal range and ability to sustain high notes, she has been referred to as the " Voice of ...

– American singer-songwriter, actress, and television personality who is the daughter of a White mother and mestizo Ecuadorian father * Cecilia Alvear – Latina journalist in television news and the former President of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists *

Adrienne Bailon Adrienne Eliza Bailon-Houghton (née Bailon () ; born October 24, 1983) is an American television personality, singer, and actress. She is a former member of the girl groups 3LW and The Cheetah Girls. From 2013 to 2022, Bailon was a co-host of ...

– American actress, singer-songwriter, dancer, and television personality * Lourdes Baird – former United States federal judge *

Nancy Bermeo Nancy Bermeo is an American political scientist, and senior research fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. She previously held the position of Nuffield Chair of Comparative Politics at Oxford. Bermeo won the Stanley Kelley Teaching P ...

– professor of political science who is the daughter of an Irish and Danish mother and an Ecuadorian father, Nuffield Chair of Comparative Politics at Oxford University *

Chico Borja Hernan "Chico" Borja (August 24, 1959 – January 25, 2021) was an Ecuadorian-born American soccer player and coach. He spent time in the several U.S.-based leagues including the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and th ...

– retired U.S.-Ecuadorian soccer player and current soccer coach *

Samantha Boscarino Samantha Boscarino (born December 26, 1994) is an American actress from Ventura County, California. She is known for the film ''The Clique'', for her role as Molly Garfunkel on the Nickelodeon series ''How to Rock'', and for her lead role as Ell ...

– American actress (How to Rock), Ecuadorian descent from her mother *

Charles Castronovo Charles Castronovo (born June 19, 1975) is an American operatic tenor. Castronovo was born to a Sicilian father and an Ecuadorian mother in Queens, New York, but grew up in Southern California. He attended California State University, Fullerton, f ...

– American tenor * F. Javier Cevallos – president of Framingham State University in Framingham, MA *

Violet Chachki Violet Chachki is the stage name of Paul Jason Dardo (born June 13, 1992), an American drag queen, burlesque/ aerial performer, content creator, model, and recording artist best known for winning the seventh season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. C ...

– American drag queen, singer and actress born in Atlanta, Georgia *

Cree Cicchino Cree Cicchino (born May 9, 2002) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress playing one of the lead characters, Babe, in the Nickelodeon comedy television series '' Game Shakers'', which aired from 2015 to 2019. She then went ...

– American actress from

Game Shakers ''Game Shakers'' is an American comedy television series created by Dan Schneider that premiered on Nickelodeon on September 12, 2015. The series ran for three seasons, with its final episode airing on June 8, 2019. It stars Cree Cicchino, Mad ...

who has descendance from Italy and Ecuador *

Carla Esparza Carla Kristen Esparza (born October 10, 1987) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), in which she is a former two-time UFC Women's Strawweight Cham ...

– professional MMA artist, partial Ecuadorian heritage *

Irina Falconi Irina Falconi ( es, Falconí; born May 4, 1990) is an Ecuadorian-born American former tennis player. She moved to Manhattan, New York, as a toddler. Her highest WTA singles ranking is world No. 63, which she reached in May 2016. Her career-high ...

– professional American tennis player * Raul Fernandez (entrepreneur) – son of a Cuban father and an Ecuadorian mother.
Gabriela Barzallo
– Ecuadorian born journalist * Luis Fierro – Ecuadorian born economist, climate change expert, politician and writer. * April Flores – American actress and plus-size model * Alexandra von Fürstenberg - Director and businesswoman * Jose Garces – chef and restaurant owner * Pia Getty – independent filmmaker * Cork Graham – writer *

George Gustines George Gene Gustines (born 1971) is a journalist who is the managing editor of ''T'', a magazine of ''The New York Times''. As a journalist, he has written for the "New Jersey", Circuits (technology), "Escapes", "The City", "Television" and "Art ...

– journalist * Vinnie Hinostroza – NHL player *

Jaime Jarrín Jaime Jarrín (; born December 10, 1935) is an Ecuadorian-born American sportscaster known as the Spanish-language voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He began broadcasting for the Dodgers in 1959 and was the 1998 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Aw ...

– Spanish language voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers * Mike Judge – American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, musician, and creator of ''

King of the Hill ''King of the Hill'' is an American animated sitcom created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It aired its original non-syndicated run from January 12, 1997, to September 13, 2009, and centers on the Hills, an Am ...

'' and ''

Beavis and Butthead ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' is an American adult animated series created by Mike Judge. The series follows Beavis and Butt-Head, both voiced by Judge, a pair of teenage slackers characterized by their apathy, lack of intelligence, lowbrow humor, an ...

'' who was born in Ecuador to parents working there *

Helado Negro Roberto Carlos Lange (born 1980), better known by his stage name Helado Negro, is an American musician. In 2019 he was awarded a United States Artists Fellow in Music and also the recipient of a 2019 Grants to Artists award in Music from the Fo ...

– South Florida native, born to Ecuadorian immigrants and based in Brooklyn NY. *

Xolo Maridueña Xolo Maridueña (; born June 9, 2001) is an American actor. His roles include Miguel Diaz in the Netflix series ''Cobra Kai'', Victor Graham in the NBC TV series '' Parenthood'', and Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle in the upcoming DC Extended Univer ...

–

Cobra Kai ''Cobra Kai'' is an American martial arts comedy-drama television series and a sequel to the original ''The Karate Kid'' films by Robert Mark Kamen. The series was created by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg, and is distributed ...

actor, of Ecuadorian descent *

Gerardo Mejía Gerardo Mejía (born April 16, 1965 Billboard.com – Biography – Gerardo Retrieved September 22, 2008.), better known by his mononym Gerardo, is an Ecuadorian-born American rapper, singer and actor who later became a recording industry execut ...

– Latin rapper and singer * Nadia Mejía – Miss California USA in 2016 * Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece *

Lloyd Monserratt Lloyd Monserratt (December 2, 1966 – January 9, 2003), was an American political activist and Director of Constituent Services for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, where he trained a number of future La ...

– (1966–2003) *

Francisco Moya Francisco P. Moya (born January 9, 1974) is an American politician from Corona, Queens. He has served in the New York City Council from the 21st district since 2018. He served in the New York State Assembly from the 39th district from 2011 to 20 ...

– New York City Councilmember; former New York Assemblymember, from Corona, Queens *

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell Debbie Jessika Mucarsel-Powell (born January 18, 1971) is an Ecuadorian-born American politician and academic administrator who served as a U.S. representative for from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, her district covered the w ...

– Congresswoman, first Ecuadorian American elected to the US House of Representatives * John Paulson – American hedge fund manager *

Lady Pink Lady Pink, born Sandra Fabara (1964), is an Ecuadorian-American graffiti and mural artist. Early life Fabara was born in Ambato, Ecuador in 1964 and moved to the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York when she was seven years old. She grew up ...

– graffiti artist * Fátima Ptacek – American child actress and model * Ernesto Quiñonez – American novelist * Diego Serrano – American actor * Nelson Serrano – former Ecuadorian businessman and a nationalized American citizen (since 1971) who was convicted for murder *

Hugo Savinovich Hugo Savinovich (born February 15, 1959) is an Ecuadorian sports commentator and retired professional wrestler and professional wrestling manager. He is currently signed to Lucha Libre AAA as a Spanish commentator. He is best known as part of t ...

– former Ecuadorian professional wrestler *

Pancho Segura Francisco Olegario Segura (June 20, 1921 – November 18, 2017), better known as Pancho "Segoo" Segura, was a leading tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, both as an amateur and as a professional. He was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, but m ...

– former leading tennis player * Jason and Kristopher Simmons – American actors * Nina G. Vaca – Chairman and CEO of PinnacleGroup * Jose F. Valencia – President, ASA College, New York and Florida. *

Carmen Velasquez Carmen R. Velasquez (/ˈkɑːrmɛn ˌvɛˈlɑːskɛz/; born May 30, 1960) is a Supreme Court Justice serving in the 11th district of the State of New York since January 2015. She has also served as judge for the New York City Civil Court of Qu ...

– New York Supreme Court Justice, first to be elected in New York State Civil Court (2009–2014) and Supreme Court (2015–2028) * Roberto de Villacis – American Latino fashion designer and artist *

Emanuel Xavier Emanuel Xavier (born May 3, 1970), is an American poet, spoken word artist, author, editor, and LGBTQ activist born and raised in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. Associated with the East Village, Manhattan arts scene in New York City, he emerged ...

– American poet, spoken word artist, novelist, editor, and activist

References

External links

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