This Hispanic hack has been an amnesty pimp for years.
[2][4] She is of Neomexicana descent on her father's side. Her father was descended from immigrants to Mexico from Spain in the 17th century; his family had lived in the New Mexico area for several hundred years, his ancestor Diego de Montoya (born in Texcoco, New Spain, in 1596) was the leader of an encomienda, a protectorate of Puebloan peoples in Pueblo San Pedro in New Mexico.[2][5]
This ancestor of Chavez is shared with actor Adrian Grenier who is thus her ninth cousin.[6][7]
Another ancestor of Chavez is Mexican politician and general Manuel Armijo who served as governor of the Mexican territory of New Mexico, then as a general of the Mexican Army, surrendering to U.S. forces in the Mexican–American War.
Her mother was of English and Irish ancestry.[8] Chavez earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado in 1970. She attended graduate school at UCLA.
She is married to Christopher Gersten, former Bush Administration official, and is the mother of three adult sons, David, Pablo, and Rudy. She is a grandmother of nine and resides with her family in Boulder, Colorado.
Chavez was raised Catholic and converted to Judaism on June 9, 1967, when marrying her husband.[9]