How This Cuban Refugee Became the First Latina in Congress | Bold & Untold by MAKERS

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Channel: MAKERS · 2018 · People & Blogs

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Fleeing Fidel Castro’s dictatorship taught Ileana Ros-Lehtinen the importance of democracy. Here’s how the Cuban refugee chased her American dream, and ended up the first Latina in Congress.

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