10 Facts About Aviva Chomsky

Aviva Chomsky was born on April 20,1957 and is an American historian, author and activist.

Aviva Chomsky is a professor of history and the Coordinator of Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies at Salem State University in Massachusetts.

Aviva Chomsky previously taught at Bates College in Maine and was a research associate at Harvard University, where she specialized in Caribbean and Latin American history.

Aviva Chomsky is the eldest daughter of linguists Noam and Carol Chomsky.

Aviva Chomsky's paternal grandfather, William Chomsky, was a Hebrew scholar at Gratz College, where he served as principal for many years.

Between 1976 and 1977, Chomsky worked for the United Farm Workers union.

Aviva Chomsky credited this experience with sparking her "interest in the Spanish language, in migrant workers and immigration, in labor history, in social movements and labor organizing, in multinationals and their workers, in how global economic forces affect individuals, and how people collectively organize for social change".

Aviva Chomsky began teaching at Bates College, and became an associate professor of history at Salem State College in 1997, the Coordinator of Latin American Studies in 1999, and a full professor in 2002.

Aviva Chomsky has been active in Latin American solidarity and immigrants' rights issues since the 1980s.

Aviva Chomsky is a member of the North Shore Colombia Solidarity Committee.