2021 AML Highlights

The 27th annual Comision Femenil AML Conference was held virtually on Saturday, April 24, 2021. Our theme was, Empowering the Latina: Educate, Organize, Mobilize!

Thank you to all those who participated. And a special thank you to our keynote speakers, Dolores Huerta & Luz Rivas, to our college panelists, and to our workshop speakers. We hope you had a great time and learned something new. See you next year!

Keynote Speakers:

Dolores Huerta - American Labor Leader & Civil Rights Activist

Luz Rivas - Assemblywoman, District 39

Career Workshop Speakers:

Design & Media: Ruby Rios, User Experience Designer

Engineering: Vanessa Thompson, Civil Engineer

Law Enforcement: Alma Burke, Assistant Chief Deputy

Medicine: Dr. Alma Lopez

Nursing: Marisol Ruiz Garcia, R.N.

Pathways to College:

Panelists share their experience and advice about their college experiences. The panelists included: Hayley Benitez (CSUN), Emily Bernardo (Cal Poly Pomona), Cathleen Caldaron (Yale & USC), and Jessica Sumuano (UCLA)