[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 166 (Friday, October 5, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1372]
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                      TRIBUTE TO KIRA ROMERO-CRAFT

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                            HON. DARREN SOTO

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 5, 2018

  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Speaker, I want to honor Kira Romero-Craft as a 
distinguished leader in Central Florida for Hispanic Heritage Month. 
Kira Romero-Craft is the Managing Attorney of the Southeastern Regional 
office of LatinoJustice PRLDEF.
  Kira leads a team of attorneys and advocates focused on immigrants' 
rights, voting rights, economic justice and criminal justice reform.
  Kira began her legal career as an Equal Justice Works fellow for the 
Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association in Orlando, 
Florida where she focused on representation of undocumented immigrant 
children in juvenile and immigration court.
  Prior to joining LatinoJustice, she was the program director for the 
children's legal program at Americans for Immigrant Justice where she 
led a team of lawyers representing immigrant children in dependency and 
removal proceedings.
  Kira is also the current co-chair of the advocacy committee for the 
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Central Florida Chapter.
  She is a graduate of Rollins College and Florida State University, 
College of Law.

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