He has taught English at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Harvard University, and Yale University.

Cruz has modeled for companies such as Mango, Ralph Lauren and L ' Oréal.

Cruz has volunteered in Uganda and India, where she spent one week working for Mother Teresa ; she donated her salary from The Hi-Lo Country to help fund the late nun's mission.

Cruz is the oldest of three siblings ; she has a younger brother, Eduardo, who is a singer, and a younger sister, Mónica, who is an actress.

Kevin N. Laforest of the Montreal Film Journal commented in his September 2002 review that Cruz " has been getting some really bad reviews for her recent American work, but I personally think that she's a more than decent actress, especially here, where she's charming, moving and always believable.

Lisa Nesselson of Variety magazine praised the performances of both Cruz and her co-star, Harold Perrineau, saying they " burst off the screen ," and added that Cruz has a charming accent.

Carina Chocano of The Los Angeles Times wrote, " Cruz, who has remarked that in Hollywood she's rarely allowed to be anything more than pretty, instills her with an awesome resoluteness and strength of character.

Stephanie Zacharek of Salon. com noted in her review for the film that Cruz " doesn't coast on her beauty in Broken Embraces, and she has the kind of role that can be difficult to flesh out.

Lancôme has signed Cruz as the brand ’ s third superstar spokesmodel, along with Julia Roberts and Winslet.

Cruz has donated money and time to charity.

Cruz is a friend of director Pedro Almodóvar, whom she has known for almost two decades and with whom she has worked on films.

Since 1943 only a single urban outbreak in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia has occurred.

He has also taught at Keio University ( Mita ) in Tokyo, Japan, CCRMA at Stanford University and the University of California Santa Cruz.

HP has become the first corporate affiliate of a new Bio-Info-Nano Research and Development Institute ( BIN-RDI ); a collaborative venture established by the University of California Santa Cruz and NASA, based at NASA Ames in Mountain View, CA.

Today the Workers ' Party in Argentina has an electoral base in Salta Province in the far north, particularly in the city of Salta itself, and has become the third political force in the provinces of Tucuman, also in the north, and Santa Cruz, in the south.

It stands on a hill on the northbound side and has a large pointing finger facing the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Pacific.

The central area, comprising the northern half of Santa Cruz Department, has gently rolling hills and a drier climate than the north.

Perkins has also collaborated with Michael Moore, according to a 2005 interview with Santa Cruz Metro, in which he stated, "( T ) his never got to actual animation, but I did work on a script with Michael Moore for a year.

Though the official total area of the town is 11. 2 square miles, approximately 100 square miles of the surrounding Los Gatos Mountains ( within the Santa Cruz Mountains range ), has a Los Gatos address and uses the 95033 zip code ( primarily ) for U. S. Postal Service mail delivery ( among other purposes ).

The Upper Santa Cruz Valley has several " major water users ", all pumping water out of the same aquifer.

The Upper Santa Cruz Valley has several major water users, all pumping water out of the same aquifer.

People magazine noted that after Cruz appeared topless in the film, she became " a major sex symbol.

From 1993 to 1996, Cruz appeared in ten Spanish and Italian films.

In 1997, Cruz appeared in the Spanish comedy film Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health.

The following year, Cruz appeared in her first American film as Billy Crudup's consolation-prize Mexican girlfriend in Stephen Frears ' western film, The Hi-Lo Country.

Also in 1998 Cruz appeared in Don Juan and The Girl of Your Dreams.

In 2004, Cruz appeared in the Christmas film Noel as Nina, the girlfriend of Paul Walker's character and as Mia in the romantic drama, Head in the Clouds, set in the 1930s.

In 2005, Cruz appeared as Dr Eva Rojas in the action adventure Sahara.

" Also in 2005, Cruz appeared in Chromophobia, screened at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and released the following year.

Cruz appeared alongside her good friend Salma Hayek in the 2006 Western comedy film, Bandidas.

In 2007, Cruz appeared in the lead female role in Manolete, a biopic of bullfighter Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez, playing Antoñita " Lupe " Sino.

" In 2008, Cruz appeared in Isabel Coixet's film Elegy, which was based on the Philip Roth story The Dying Animal, as the lead female role, Consuela Castillo.

In 2010, Cruz appeared in the film Sex and the City 2, the sequel to the 2008 film, in a cameo role.

Cruz appeared in her biggest Hollywood turn to date, in the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film, as Angelica.

In 2012, Cruz appeared in the first ever Nintendo commercial to promote New Super Mario Bros. 2 and the Nintendo 3DS XL in which she played the role of Mario in the ad.

Cruz had a three-year relationship with Tom Cruise after they appeared together in Vanilla Sky.

Soon after the article appeared, the programmer for a local midnight film series in Santa Cruz decided to screen The Big Lebowski, and on the first weekend they had to turn away several hundred people.

Hudson next appeared in the musical film Nine, alongside Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench.

Sward's " Earthquake Collage ," impressions, news items, poetry, and facts regarding the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and its aftermath, appeared in " Pathways to the Past, Adventures in Santa Cruz County History, History Journal Number 6 ," Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA, April, 2009.

After them appeared a lot of important folkloric groups such as Los de Ramon, Los Huasos Quincheros, El Duo Rey Silva, Los Cantores de Santa Cruz and others that made very popular folk music in Chile and also in Latin America.

Also, Pistol Pete ( a non-rapping member of Terror Squad ) appeared on The Game's " Stop Snitchin, Stop Lyin " DVD and disrespected Tony Yayo, Chris Lighty ( owner of Violator Records who had ties with 50 Cent ), and James Cruz ( 50 Cent's manager ) and claims he chased Tony Yayo near a jewelry store.

Lesser-known acts who appeared included Burning Spear, Johnny Clegg and Juluka, Third World, Tito Puente and His Latin Jazz All-Stars, and Celia Cruz.

She first appeared on a sticker distributed at concerts, record stores and skate shops to promote Cosmic Debris, the clothing line founded by artist and skateboarder Rob Reger, racecar driver Matt Reed and Nathan Carrico, who designed Emily in 1991 for Santa Cruz Skateboards in Santa Cruz, California.