Eva Longoria Honored by Ruderman Family Foundation for Advocacy Work on Behalf of the Disabled
variety.comWilliam Earl Eva Longoria has been selected to receive the Ruderman Family Foundation‘s annual honor recognizing prominent cultural figures who do advocacy work on behalf of the disabled.
Longoria founded the organization Eva’s Heroes in 2006 to help those with intellectual disabilities. The cause is personal to Longoria, whose older sister Liza was born with an intellectual disability.
In 2012, Longoria also established the Eva Longoria Foundation to help advocate for Latino women through education and entrepreneurship. “I’m so honored to be recognized as the recipient of this year’s Morton E.
Ruderman Award. My older sister Liza was born with an intellectual disability, so my mom instilled in all of us early on the importance of giving back to our community, which is why I founded Eva’s Hereos to provide a platform to advocate for the rights of people with disabilities around the country,” said Longoria.
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