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Southern California Edison Salutes Latina Employees during Women’s History and Diversity Month
 (L-R) Martha Alvarez-Garcia, vice president; Bernice Maldonado, president; Carol Helm, treasurer; and Paula De La Rosa, secretary. |
Southern California Edison (SCE) is saluting the contributions of Latina employees as part of Women’s History month in March and Diversity month in April. The employees hold leadership roles in the company’s Latino Employee Association for Diversity (LEAD), one of SCE’s 12 ethnic affinity groups that share the culture and traditions of employees as well as the communities SCE serves. “We’re proud of our affinity groups and their positive influence on the company and in our communities,” said Veronica Gutierrez, SCE vice president, Corporate Communications. “Women’s History month and Diversity month are appropriate times to take stock of the contributions that women and others make.”
SCE’s Latino employee group is led by Bernice Maldonado, president; Martha Alvarez-GarcĂa, vice president; Paula De La Rosa, secretary; and co-treasurers Carol Helm and Georgina Nuñez. All are long-time SCE employees. “One of the positive aspects of working at SCE is seeing the value the company places on workforce diversity,” said Maldonado.
LEAD helps build company ties with Latino community-based organizations.
The group also serves as a leadership and career development resource to Latino employees by providing networking and professional development opportunities with the active support of SCE management. LEAD raises awareness of Latino culture and traditions among other affinity groups and the company. The group promotes recognition and understanding of Hispanic heritages and traditions, including during Hispanic Heritage Month activities in September-October.
 Irma Fernández Harahush |
Irma Fernández Harahush is the Chief of the 2010 National Partnerships Branch of the Customer Liaison and Marketing Services Office at the U.S. Census Bureau. Harahush is responsible for the implementation of the Census Bureau’s national partnership program. She began her career at the Census Bureau in the statistical area, working on the under-coverage of housing units. She served as program manager for the Economic Census of Puerto Rico and Island Areas, where she was involved in all aspects of the census, including planning, outreach, collection, processing, and dissemination activities. She also worked in the Policy Office supporting the Census Bureau Data Stewardship Program. Harahush has a Masters Degree in Statistics from Iowa State University, a Bachelors in Business Administration Degree from the University of Puerto Rico, and a Master’s Certificate in Project Management from The George Washington University.
 Marilia Matos |
Marilia Matos, a native of RĂo Piedras, Puerto Rico, has been the U.S. Census Bureau’s Associate Director for Field Operations since April 29, 2007. She oversees the Census Bureau field structure, including the 12 regional offices, hundreds of local census offices, the National Processing Center (Jeffersonville, Ind.) and its telephone centers (Tucson, Ariz., and Hagerstown, Md.) and close to 7,000 employees nationwide. Matos began her career at the Census Bureau in 1978. She served as decennial district manager in Connecticut, where she was responsible for taking the 1980 Census in five townships. She earned an economics degree from the University of Puerto Rico and completed her master’s in public administration at Penn State.
Matos was the first Hispanic female to serve as an associate director of the Census Bureau. She has two sons, one a student at the University of Maryland and the other a recent graduate from the school.
U.S. Department of State
Representing the foreign policy agenda of the United States to the world is imperative to the U.S. Department of State. Meet eight of the many Latinas at the Department making a difference in supporting and overseeing the nations’ foreign policy agenda. They also reflect the nations’ diversity and meet America’s foreign policy challenges in the nation and abroad.
(L-R) Maria Trejo, Legislative Management Officer; Heidi Gomez, Foreign Service Officer; Ambassador Carmen Lomellin, U.S. Permanent Representative to OAS; Under Secretary for Global Affairs, Maria Otero; Patricia Aguilera, Special Assistant in the Bureau of Political Affairs; Carmen Cantor, Deputy Director of Office of Recruitment, Examination, and Employment; Dr. Frances Colon, Foreign Affairs Officer in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Alma Candelaria, Director of the Office of International Visitors Program in the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs.
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