[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 40 (Friday, March 3, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E514]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        TRIBUTE TO ORTENSIA LOPEZ

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, March 3, 1995
  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Ortensia Lopez and her 
upcoming induction into the San Mateo County Women's Hall of Fame.
  Ortensia Lopez is an exceptional public servant who has demonstrated 
remarkable leadership in our community. She is the second of 11 
children born to parents from Mexico and the first in her family to 
graduate from college. Since 1977, she has worked as the executive 
officer of the North Peninsula Neighborhood Services Center, and she is 
currently serving as executive director of the Bay Area Latino Non-
Profit Association. In addition, Ms. Lopez is the cofounder of the 
Hispanic Concilio of San Mateo County, the Latino Issues Forum, and Sur 
San Francisco. She has also served on countless boards and commissions 
such as the State and local Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Chicana/
Latina Foundation, the AIDS Advisory Task Force, and Seton Hospital. 
Her dedicated service has been recognized with the Bank of America 
Hispanic Heroes and Heroines Award, the United Way of the Bay Area 
Volunteer of the Year Award, and the Hispanic Yellow Pages Community 
Recognition Award, among many others.
  Mr. Speaker, Ortensia Lopez is an outstanding citizen, and I commend 
her for her remarkable commitment and contributions to our community. I 
ask my colleagues to join me in saluting her as she is being inducted 
into the San Mateo County Women's Hall of Fame.




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