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 - KDP; SEIU; Washington State Legislature
State lawmaker plans to move to Cambodia
CAPAA: Filipino Americans