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National
Mujer Award Recipient
Antonia Hernandez, President and General Counsel of the
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). Antonia
Hernandez has dedicated her life and career to the protection and
promotion of civil rights of Latinos throughout the country. Through
her leadership, MALDEF has scored impressive victories in the areas
of education, political access, employment, immigration and voting
rights.
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First
Regional Mujer Award Recipient
Marylou Olivares Mazon, Director of the Commission of Spanish
Speaking Affairs of the State of Michigan, works to implement the
Commission’s mission to develop a unified policy and plan of
action to serve the needs of Michigan’s Hispanic people. The
Office on Spanish Speaking Affairs was established to provide the
Commission with information concerning the problems of Hispanic
people, and to implement Commission policy. Throughout her long
career, Ms. Olivarez-Mason has had an unrelenting commitment to
justice and civil rights. She works tirelessly to bridge the gap
between government and the people it was established to serve.
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