Jaime Escalante (1930-2010) was a renowned mathematics teacher at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. His teaching success inspired the motion picture Stand and Deliver, directed by Ramón Melendez and starring Edward James Olmos. Upon his untimely death he was remembered with a wake at his old classroom at Garfield High School, a funeral march, and a memorial. Hundreds of former students and residents of East Los Angeles were in attendance.