What ethnicity is America Chavez?

What ethnicity is America Chavez?

In the comics, America Chavez is the first Latina LGBTQ+ hero to receive her own title. Although adopted by a Puerto Rican family, her real ethnicity is unknown. Initially, she was an extra-dimensional being, but recent retcons have shown her mothers to be of Latin-American origin on Earth.

Is America Chavez supposed to be Mexican?

Unlike her Mainstream counterpart, America originates from the universe in which she is based in, just from another planet in said universe. Also unlike her mainstream counterpart, America considers herself to be a “Boricua” (Puerto Rican) as opposed to Mexican.

Is America in Dr Strange Mexican?

Social Links for Taylor Knight. Xochitl Gomez plays “America Chavez” in Marvel Studios “Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness”. She is a Mexican-American actress. The Marvel star was honored to represent her latin roots through “America Chavez”.

Is America Chavez the first Latina superhero?

Gabby Rivera is a writer and the author of “America,” the debut solo comic book series that tells the story of America Chavez, Marvel’s first queer Latina superhero. Rivera has published a critically acclaimed debut novel Juliet Takes a Breath.