Priorities for the MLLC include, among others: promoting greater educational achievement and equity in our schools, especially for English Language Learners; ensuring more high-quality jobs and fair wages; reducing health disparities; protecting civil and immigrant rights; and promoting stronger Latino communities through safety and security. Collectively, the MLLC represents decades of experience in elected office and public service. The members currently serve on major legislative committees, including the House Appropriations; Environmental Matters and Transportation; Health and Government Operations, and both the House Judiciary and Senate Judicial Proceedings committees. Their academic and professional backgrounds span a wide spectrum of study and work experiences in the private and public sectors. This diverse, multinational group of Latino legislators has ethnic, cultural, and family roots in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Peru, and Puerto Rico. They represent constituents living in Anne Arundel, Montgomery, and Prince George’s Counties; thus representing more than two-thirds of Maryland’s fast growing Latino population.
