Carlos Manuel Rosario

In the 1950s, he moved to Montana and joined the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

He was later transferred to Washington, D.C. where he worked as an X-Ray technician until 1957.

Then he worked at the National Tuberculosis Association until 1967 and for the Washington D.C. Health Department from 1967 to 1969.

In 1970, Mayor Walter E. Washington hired Rosario to head the newly formed Spanish Community Advisory Committee which was later named the Office of Latino Affairs.

In 1980 he served as the Assistant Director of the D.C. Office on Aging, until he retired in 1984.

Carlos Rosario married Carmin Maria Rosario of Washington and had three sons: Carlos M. Rosario Jr., Jose Rosario, and Reinaldo Rosario; and two daughters, Leticia Rosario and Vilma Tirado.

Carlos Rosario created various programs that allow Hispanic Americans and Hispanic immigrants to integrate into American society, such as:

Carlos Rosario stated that people referred to him as "The Godfather" because he was the builder of the Latino community in Washington D.C.

Carlos Manuel Rosario (1922 – February 1, 1987) was a Puerto Rican activist who served as the executive director of the Spanish Community Advisory Committee.

He was a founder of the Latino Festival in Washington, DC and founded the Program of English Instruction for Latin Americans (PEILA).

Carlos Manuel Rosario was born in Ciales, Puerto Rico, and many in his family were teachers.

He attended the University of Puerto Rico.

During World War II, he served in the United States Army touring in North Africa, France, and Germany.

After WWII, Rosario returned to Puerto Rico where he worked as an X-Ray technician.

Carlos Rosario suffered a heart attack on February 1, 1987, while vacationing in Puerto Rico and died in a hospital in Dorado, Puerto Rico at the age of 65.

Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School (former Carlos Rosario Center) was named after him.