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In the
News
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The Mexican American Legal
Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
announced former New Mexico
Attorney General Patricia A.
Madrid as the new Board
Chair. “I am honored to serve at
MALDEF, an organization
advocating for our community’s
best interests in our nation’s
schools, workplaces and federal
and local courts,” stated
Madrid. “As Board Chair, I plan
to rely on the diverse
experiences of the Board to
strengthen our ability to
support MALDEF and its mission.”
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Monument Policy Group, LLC
announced Jessica Herrera-Flanigan
the firms’ partner. She joins
the firm from the U.S. House of
Representatives Committee on
Homeland Security, where she
served as the Staff Director and
General Counsel chaired by
Representative Bennie Thompson
(D-Miss.). Among her numerous
honors she has been named one of
the 100 Most Influential
Hispanics in the U.S. “I have
had the great fortune during my
time in government to work with
great policy-makers including
Chairman Thompson and the
Committee’s other Members,” she
says. “I look forward to sharing
my experiences with the amazing
team at Monument Policy Group. I
am honored to be joining the
firm, which has forged a
reputation as being both
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Francia Raisa
Southern Californian,
Francia Raisa has become
one of Hollywood’s up
and coming stars. Born
July 26, 1988 to Mexican
mother Virginia
Almendarez and Honduran
father Maximo Renan
Almendarez Coello, Raisa
is the daughter of the
winning Latin radio
personality “El Cucuy,”
in Los Angeles on 97.9
FM, La Raza.
Raisa’s career began at
the early age of five.
She took dance lessons,
explored karate, ice
skating, stepping on to
booking acting jobs when
she was a junior in High
School, where she
started to model for
print ads, star in
commercials later on
starring on Bring It On:
All or Nothing. “I love
acting,” she shares.
“Just learning about
different characters and
becoming them. I love
the camera, too. Above
all though, I love that
with the little that
I’ve done so far, I’ve
been such a big
inspiration in young
people’s lives. I’ve
always wanted to be that
person that just changed
someone’s life with
something so simple and
the entertainment
industry is the easiest
and best way to do it.”
She has been the lead
female role of MGM’s ABC
Family TV movie, “The
Cutting Edge 3: Chasing
the Dream”, “The Secret
Life of the American
Teenager.”
Photo credit: Dimitry
Loiseau; Hair & Make-up:
Valerie Noble
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Cindy E. Gonzalez
Mendoza Berger & Company,
LLP recently announced
Cindy E. Gonzalez as Tax
Partner in the Orange
County Office in Irvine,
California. Under her
new post, Gonzalez is
responsible for managing
all tax department
operations for the
Irving Office.
Born to first generation
immigrant parents from
Guatemala, she is one of
three daughters who
graduated from Cal State
Fullerton with a
bachelor’s degree of
science in accounting.
She has more than 10
years of experience
providing compliance
services for individuals.
In addition, she has
over five years of
experience providing
estate planning for high
net worth individuals
and compliance services
for trusts, gifts and
estates. She is a
certified public
accountant and a member
of the American
Institute of Certified
Public Accountants and
the California Society
of Certified Public
Accountants and is
currently acquiring a
Masters in Taxation
degree at Golden Gate
University. Gonzalez is
actively involved as a
founding member of Women
Looking Forward of the
Orange County United Way
as well as with the
Latino Leadership
Committee of Mission
Hospital.
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Cristina Lopez
The National Hispana
Leadership Institute (NHLI)
recently announced the
appointment of Cristina
Lopez as NHLI’s new
president. An
experienced non-profit
manager, Lopez comes to
NHLI from the Center for
Community Change, an
advocacy organization
based in Washington D.C,
where she served as the
deputy executive
director.
Lopez has extensive
experience within the
Hispanic/Latino
community, women’s
groups, farm-worker and
immigrant-led groups.
She has also contributed
in senior leadership
roles with the Academy
for Educational
Development; Mosaica;
the Center for Non-profit
Development and
Pluralism, and the
National Council of La
Raza. She is also highly
regarded for her
advocacy and coalition-building
work, and community
organizing in
immigration issues.
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[This article has been
edited for
www.latinastyle.com. For the full version,
check out the July/August issue of LATINA Style.]
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