{"id":14530,"date":"2025-01-16T15:50:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T15:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhcoa.org\/es\/?p=14530"},"modified":"2025-01-16T15:50:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T15:50:18","slug":"latino-empowerment-congresswoman-linda-sanchez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhcoa.org\/es\/latino-empowerment-congresswoman-linda-sanchez\/","title":{"rendered":"Latino Empowerment: Congresswoman Linda S\u00e1nchez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/nhcoa.org\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Blog-header-2025-01-16T085955.560-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14531\" style=\"width:550px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nhcoa.org\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Blog-header-2025-01-16T085955.560-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/nhcoa.org\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Blog-header-2025-01-16T085955.560-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4ac6b9e459a2ced0d94b657deeccf4dd wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Happy New Year, from the National Hispanic Council on Aging. We believe in starting 2025 on a celebratory note, and we do so with great enthusiasm for this month\u2019s issue of <strong>Latino Empowerment<\/strong>. We encourage our community and supporters to come together in recognition of the admirable and courageous <strong>Congresswoman Linda S\u00e1nchez<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a1ec81fa4f41efd77a46c0686beb96ac wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">The congresswoman is the latest recipient of <strong>NHCOA\u2019s Outstanding Public Policy Award<\/strong>, which we give to those who have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the betterment of society as a public servant. <strong>Linda S\u00e1nchez is one who has certainly demonstrated this, not just in 2024, but throughout the entirety of her career, especially as the representative for California\u2019s 38th congressional district.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5977911fe673c0cd3f3bb61af82c5bc9 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Born in Orange, California, Linda was the second-youngest of seven children. Her parents, Ignacio and Maria, immigrated from Mexico and found work as an industrial machinist and elementary school teacher respectively. With such a large family, <strong>it is no wonder that Congresswoman S\u00e1nchez remembers a sense of &#8220;We need to stick together,\u201d a sentiment common within Hispanic and Latino communities<\/strong>. She eventually earned her<strong> Bachelor of the Arts degree in Spanish Literature, from UC Berkeley,<\/strong> with an emphasis on bilingual education, which would come in handy in such roles as a bilingual aide and an ESL instructor. Even prior to her political career, Linda S\u00e1nchez was acting as a bridge between cultures. She eventually earned her <strong>Law degree from UCLA<\/strong>, and would work as an attorney, specifically with organizations concerning workers\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ebf4bed961213245578092b4c27b5e67 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>In 2002, Linda was elected to the House of Representatives at 34 years old.<\/strong> She has since become a highly active representative within US legislature, devoting her time to such important causes as school safety, gender equity, housing, and more. <strong>In 2009, Congresswoman S\u00e1nchez introduced the Gender Equity in Health Premiums Act<\/strong>, which would bar health insurance companies from charging women more for health care premiums, an act that has since become part of the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2bf2fc3411090559b0abbb9b61955d67 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Organizations within the field of aging, like NHCOA, <strong>know her for championing caregivers and older adults within U.S. policy, including the 2021 reintroduction of the Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimer\u2019s Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act<\/strong>. The CHANGE Act is a crucial piece of legislature for the aging population, as it strengthens the detection rate of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, by incentivizing clinicians to detect, refer, and diagnose Alzheimer\u2019s and related dementias in their earliest stages. The CHANGE Act also provides more time and space for discussion of appropriate care planning services, including potential participation in clinical trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-be87c6b0917d473a955976d953580f6c wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>And just recently, in 2024, Congresswoman S\u00e1nchez became the first Latina and woman of color to serve as a ranking member on a Ways and Means subcommittee.<\/strong> She remains an important leader within Hispanic and Latino communities, and the entirety of the United States. We are thrilled to ring in the new year celebrating such trailblazers as Congresswoman Linda S\u00e1nchez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fea21977aadf1edec806e331ecd4073e wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>References: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; \u201cFull Biography,\u201d About Linda. LindaS\u00e1nchez.house.gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/lindaS\u00e1nchez .house.gov\/about-linda\">https:\/\/lindaS\u00e1nchez .house.gov\/about-linda<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; \u201cRepresentative Linda T. S\u00e1nchez,\u201d Members. Congress.gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/member\/linda-S\u00e1nchez \/S001156\">https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/member\/linda-S\u00e1nchez \/S001156<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year, from the National Hispanic Council on Aging. We believe in starting 2025 on a celebratory note, and we do so with great enthusiasm for this month\u2019s issue of Latino Empowerment. We encourage our community and supporters to come together in recognition of the admirable and courageous Congresswoman Linda S\u00e1nchez. 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