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Princeton University Women’s Center, (609) 258-5565Date: February 22, 1999
White House Deputy Chief of Staff to Participate in Latina Education Roundtable
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Maria Echaveste, White House Deputy Chief of Staff, is one of several accomplished women who will participate in the Latina Education Roundtable, a discussion of the educational and professional challenges in the United States for Hispanic women, on Saturday, March 6, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall on the Princeton University campus.
Other panelists are Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, Princeton University professor jointly appointed to the Department of Sociology and the Office of Population Research; Elsa Gomez, the first Hispanic female president of a four-year liberal arts institution and professor of Romance languages at Kean College of New Jersey; Regina Montoya, president of WorkRules, and president of Girls Incorporated; and Sara Martinez Tucker, president and CEO of the National Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
Panelists will discuss the educational climate in the United States from their professional perspectives, and the relationship between professional and educational opportunities in their respective fields.
The roundtable is sponsored by the Office of Career Services, Office of the Dean of the College, the Program in Latin American Studies, the Women's Center and the Woodrow Wilson School.
Admission is free and open to the public. Call the Princeton University Women's Center at (609) 258-5565 for more information.