Brenda López Romero: A Life of Struggle for Immigrants

• His defense of the fundamental rights of immigrants led him to be awarded the Mundo Hispánico awards
• The jurist Brenda López Romero planted her passion for helping people since she was a child and now she does it with determination and without looking back from a seat
• «Receiving the Mundo Hispánico Awards is a privilege,» said the protector of immigrants

She feels that her duty is unbreakable

and defending the civil rights of immigrants is her greatest challenge, this is the life of the Mexican-American, Brenda López Romero, and at the present time she holds the precious award. Mundo Hispánico Awards in the category of Public Servant.

A distinction that was earned with great effort and tenacity for being a person who promotes the realization of benefits of great social utility for the community and who at the same time has brought him a wealth of experiences from which he has been able to face and learn at all times .

Many people are witnesses of her arduous political, social and educational work in favor of the immigrant community in the Georgia region of the United States, a country that opened the doors to professionalize as a prestigious lawyer and be a state representative of District 99 in the Gwinnett County House of Representatives in full force with Latino blood.

Strong, elegant and the power of the argumentative word pointing to justice, the Mexican Brenda López Romero gives all her energy in order to attend the claims of her Hispanic community from her seat in a disturbing political rostrum, raising her voice for the rights of his brothers.

Her arrival on the political scene under the guidance of the Democratic party is not a causality, because Brenda López Romero felt a passion to help people, an attitude that began to emerge from a very young age and that being a well-behaved and professional woman she achieved her greater objective that today maintains it with firm steps.

The Mexican jurist, who also obtained a bachelor’s degree in college Georgia State in Political Science and Sociology, she became the first woman to serve in a Georgia state legislature, another political challenge that she described as a true «honor.»

«I was elected the first Latina elected to the General Assembly for our state legislature and in these last four years I have the honor of being able to represent District 99,» expressed the immigrant protector with great pride.

A tireless pro-immigrant struggle

Since he assumed his position in the state legislature, he knew his approach to work and the fight in favor of immigrants, who come to the United States in search of the long-awaited “American dream”.

Brenda López Romero narrates for Mundo Hispánico, at the Awards celebration, that she faced the bombardment of “anti-immigrant” laws during 2004 and 2005 that were debated in the legislative framework.

«At the federal and state level, they were presenting many anti-immigrant legislation, which had criminalized the presence of undocumented immigrants,» the pro-immigrant highlighted.

Other issues with which the pro-immigrant was at the foot of the gun was when the elimination of the state registration for students undocumented, was clear and hard in its arguments.

«There was a change, by the authorities, that removed the state tuition for students who were undocumented, long before DACA was established, and that now continues to affect students receiving the program,» recalled the lawyer.

This type of action faced by the undocumented immigrant population marked her deeply because training, for her, an incalculable value that should not have been violated, since it was closely linked to political, legal and educational defense, therefore She felt the duty not to remain silent or submissive.

«Access to education, like admission to universities and various careers, is something very important to me and it has been the difference in my entire life,» the pro-immigrant echoed with great pride.

He revealed that his pitched battle for the respect that undocumented immigrants deserve, in the second most powerful country in the world, he undertakes through scenarios of prejudice and that he lived in his own flesh and that he challenged with gallantry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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«Receiving the Mundo Hispánico Awards is a privilege»

Her tireless commitment to immigrants, who were affected by anti-immigrant policies from the family, social and labor point of view, made it possible for the Mundo Hispánico Awards to come to her at the best moment of her political career.

The protector of immigrants expressed that she will achieve the Premio Mundo Hispánico award is a privilege that she presumes as a soldier in the line of duty.

“For me to receive this award, along with other people, is an honor and a privilege. This job is not only mine, it is one of the things that I always have to say, I have had a team very close to me «, exclaimed the protector of undocumented immigrants.

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«You don’t have to wait for the perfect moment»

The life story of Hispanic Brenda López Romero is inspiring that she has left a true mark on the Latino community.

She is the one who thinks that «you don’t have to wait for the perfect moment» to embark on the most ambitious goals and that things can be done with work and without fear.

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«If they do not work, it is learning to do better next time,» said the pro-immigrant.

Brenda López Romero is clear that her race for Congress is still on and with the hope more alive than ever.

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