Linda Garcia Cubero, born in 1958 in Shreveport, Louisiana, is the first Hispanic woman to graduate from any military service academy when she graduated from the US Air Force Academy in 1980.
She served the next seven years as a commander briefer, and received the Joint Service Commendation Medal for her work with the Pentagon's intelligence task force. She served as a mentor to Hispanic Air Force cadets and awarded the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Pioneer Award in 1991.
She left the Air Force as Captain in 1987.
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