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Teresa Romero
American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist (born 1958) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Teresa Romero (born June 18, 1958) is an American labor union leader.
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In 2018, Romero became the first woman to lead the United Farm Workers as President,[1] the first Latina to hold the position.[2]
In 2020, Romero was named by Carnegie Corporation of New York as an honoree of the Great Immigrants Award[3]
In May 2024, Romero received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden.[4] Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers co-founder, posthumously received the honor in 1994.[5] Earlier that same year in February, she receive the Dolores C. Huerta Woman of Courage Award presented by the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI).[6]
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