Congresswoman
Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3)
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez
represents New Mexico’s 3rd
Congressional District. In Washington, she
has already taken a leadership role with the
Congressional Hispanic Caucus as Freshman
Representative. Congresswoman Leger Fernandez
has also been appointed to the House Committee
on Education and Labor and the House Committee
on Natural Resources.
She is a 17th generation Northern New
Mexican, who grew up as part of a large rural
ranching and farming family. Before coming to
Congress, Leger Fernandez worked as an attorney
and advocate, and won important legal battles to
advance voting rights, promote tribal sovereignty,
and protect our environment and acequia waters.
She has helped secure nearly a billion dollars for,
and then helped build, schools, rural health clinics,
broadband, businesses, affordable housing and
critical infrastructure for New Mexico. Leger
Fernandez was also a Clinton and Obama
presidential appointee, and worked as a White
House Fellow on housing issues and as Vice Chair
of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
Welcome!
A New Congress, and two New U.S. Senators
From three Latina congresswomen and two sworn-in Latino Senators,
LATINA Style is proud to welcome them to the Nation’s Capital.
Congresswoman
Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27)
Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar
proudly represents Florida’s 27th
Congressional District, passionately
serving the people of South Florida. She currently
serves on the House Committee on Foreign
Affairs as well as the House Committee on
Small Business.
Congresswoman Salazar is committed to
acting tirelessly in defense of individual rights and
liberties, spearheading economic development &
job training efforts, and promoting environmental
resiliency in her community. She is well-known for
her advocacy for Human Rights and democracy
around the world, especially for the people of Cuba,
Venezuela, Bolivia, and Nicaragua, as well as for her
unabashed support of our global & regional
partners such as Israel, Colombia, and Taiwan.
Congresswoman Salazar is a five-time Emmy
Award-winning journalist— she has spent her
career holding the corrupt and powerful
accountable. Congresswoman Salazar has gone
toe-to-toe with Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, Chile’s
Augusto Pinochet, and most notably Cuban
dictator Fidel Castro, being the only US Spanishlanguage
journalist to ever interview the tyrant
one-on-one.
Congresswoman
Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11)
Nicole Malliotakis was elected to the New
York State Assembly on November 2,
2010, defeating a two-term incumbent.
She currently serves as Minority Whip and the
ranking minority member of the Assembly
Committee on Governmental Employees. The
Assemblywoman became a household name as
the 2017 Republican nominee for Mayor of the
City of New York against incumbent Mayor Bill
de Blasio, holding the mayor accountable for the
city’s high property taxes, bloated budget, and
status as a sanctuary city.
Malliotakis is the daughter of immigrants,
her father from Greece and her mother a Cuban
exile of the Castro dictatorship. She is currently
the only Republican woman and only Hispanic
Republican elected official in New York City, and
represents a district spanning the boroughs of
Brooklyn and Staten Island.
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