Hispanics in the White House: From the Secret Service to the First Lady’s Office

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🗓️ 24 September 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, CPF hosts an all-star panel discussion with Fall 2022 CPF Fellow Noelia Rodriguez, Hector Hernandez, and Maria Romero-Morales as they discuss their experiences working in the White House and their careers, including the challenges and discrimination they faced, as trailblazing Mexican Americans.

Featuring:

Hector Hernandez: Former Special Agent, U.S. Secret Service
Noelia Rodriguez: Former Press Secretary and Communications Director to Laura Bush; Chief of Staff, Metrolink; Fall 2022 Fellow, USC Center for the Political Future
Maria Romero-Morales: Assistant Chief Diversity Officer for Communication, Community and Student Engagement, USC

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0:00.0	Welcome to the bully pulpit from the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future.
0:11.8	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues where we respect
0:22.0	each other and respect the truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:29.7	Well, welcome, folks. We appreciate you all joining us here today for this special event.
0:34.3	I have a few words I'm going to say at the very beginning, and then we're
0:37.7	going to get the show started. I wanted to let some of you know. A lot of you know this already,
0:42.4	but some of us are learning this, that the people of Hispanic origin are the country's
0:47.7	largest ethnic and racial group, and in Los Angeles County, it is the largest ethnic group. It's
0:53.5	about 48% of the population, roughly half of L.A. County is of Hispanic or Latino origin.
1:00.2	And Los Angeles County has the largest Hispanic population of any county in the entire country.
1:05.3	So this is a very special place for this event to be happening.
1:08.9	We're very proud to play a role, small role anyways,
1:12.4	in honoring the Hispanic heritage this month. And the event today is called Hispanics in the
1:18.9	White House from the Secret Service to the First Lady's Office. We have some really
1:23.8	amazing speakers for you here today. And a very esteem moderator, I'll turn it over to.
1:29.0	Before I do, I do want to thank our partners for today's event, and there are many, and I don't
1:33.5	want to forget anyone, so I wrote them down. I want to thank the USC Latino Alumni Association.
1:40.3	Thank you. We appreciate that. We appreciate the USC Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
1:45.9	I want to thank the USC Price Latinx Student Association.
1:49.6	I also want to thank La Casa and last but not least, the Trojan Democrats, so also a partner on today's event.
1:55.2	Yeah.
1:55.5	And with that said, it's my pleasure to turn over the proceedings to our very esteemed moderator, Dr. Maria Romero Morales.
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