Political Quotes

“In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, I want to recognize Yanidsi Velez Quiles. Yanidsi Velez Quiles was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and raised in the municipality of Carolina known as La Tierra de Gigantes, the land of the giants. Yanidsi is the granddaughter of two veterans who served in the 65th infantry division of the United States Army, also known as The Borinqueneers, which served in World War II. Yanidsi is the daughter of two self-driven entrepreneurs and a first- generation college student. She is also the wife of a loving and supportive Ponceno, someone from Ponce, and a devoted foster and adoptive mother. Yanidsi has been a leading advocate for Hispanic grassroots organizations and pro-Latino legislation at the local and statewide level. Her public service and nonprofit career spans more than a decade. Yanidsi's leadership and community expertise, developed from doing work on the ground through community organizing, capacity-building, and advocacy work, has helped improve our way of life. She has led multiple civic engagement initiatives, issue-based campaigns, and programs that resulted in empowering over 800,000 Latinx individuals. In recent years, she has been a strong advocate for the thousands of displaced Puerto Rican families who have sought to rebuild their lives in Florida, as well as those who continue to work to rebuild on the island. Currently, Yanidsi is a senior State director for the Hispanic Federation.…”