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Others credit Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, who got a taste of chocolate after being served Xocolatl by Montezuma himself.

Gibson hit his homer off future Hall of Fame reliever Dennis Eckersley and the heavily favored Oakland Athletics while Freeman hit his homer off demoted starter Nestor Cortes and the underdog New York Yankees.

That unwritten contract expired in March when the widowed Rufina Cortes died at 97.

The 32-year-old Cortes cut his teeth organizing undocumented youth like himself soon after graduating from Santa Ana High.

They plan to knock on doors and reach voters because “every vote should be counted,” said Hairo Cortes, the executive director of Chispa, an advocacy group that predominantly works with young Latinos in Orange County.