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LULAC Elects New President Rosa Rosales |
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| Published on August 21, 2006 |
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) elected its new LULAC National President Rosa Rosales with over 70 percent of the vote by delegates during the LULAC National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
“I am elated at being elected the new president of LULAC and I am ready to work with all groups to take LULAC to the next level of activism,” said Rosales.“I want to thank LULAC and all the past presidents for all the work they have done.I want to thank all of the volunteers because that is what LULAC is all about.What makes LULAC unique is because not only do the volunteers work for free but pay dues.”
Born in April 7, 1944, in San Antonio, Texas, Ms. Rosales was among the first Mexican American women to become labor organizers in recent times.Active in LULAC, she was the first woman to hold the position of state director of that organization.She received her B.A. in Liberal Arts from the University of Michigan.Rosa was recently on the National LULAC Board of Directors holding the position of National Vice President of the Southwest.
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