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11.13.2007

Velma Veloria




Velma Veloria

  • 1st Filipina-American and 1st Asian-American elected to a Washington State Legislature (1992)
  • 1st Filipina elected to a state legislature in the continental United States (1992)

QUOTE
"For an immigrant woman to be elected to public office and to be given the opportunity to be in the mainstream has been the greatest gift that people have given to me."


DATE OF BIRTH
1950

BIRTHPLACE
Pangasinan, Philippines


HUSBAND: Alonzo Suson


USEFUL LINKS

Velma Veloria is elected to the Washington State Legislature on November 3, 1992
Velma Veloria - KDP; SEIU; Washington State Legislature
State lawmaker plans to move to Cambodia
CAPAA: Filipino Americans

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