American Girl Doll Retired Josefina Montoya first Latino Doll

American Girl' turns 35 and re-releases its first Latina doll: Josefina Montoya She has a cloth body There are six dolls in the collection, including Latina Josefina Montoya. Along with her, the collection featured Felicity Merriman, Kirsten Larson, Samantha Parkington, Addy Walker and Molly McIntire. Included in each American Girl box set is the character's first paperback book with a vintage cover. Josefina Montoya depicts New Mexico in 1824, the era prior to the Mexican-American War. The doll was developed with the guidance of an advisory board made up of historians, educators, curators and other professionals with academic knowledge of the American Southwest, according to the American Doll brand. She lives on a ranch near Santa Fe with her father and three older sisters, wears a braid with a flower, faux leather loafers, a white shirt with short puffed sleeves trimmed with lace and a necklace of crosses that the brand says came from Mexico City.