[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 130 (Monday, July 26, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E810-E811]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING LORI ROSALES AS A 28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF THE 
                                  YEAR

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 26, 2021

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Women's History 
Month. Each year, we pay special tribute to the contributions and 
sacrifices made by our nation's women. It is an honor to pay homage to 
outstanding women who are making a difference in my Congressional 
District. I would like to recognize a remarkable woman, Lori Rosales of 
the Atwater Village neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
  Born and raised in Colorado, Ms. Rosales attended the University of 
Northern Colorado and received her Master's in Education with 
Administration Credentials from Loyola Marymount University. With a 
firm belief that all children need to be educated fairly and are 
valued, to that end, she has spent nearly two decades in education: as 
an elementary school teacher, a high school principal, an educational 
consultant, and in her current position working for the University of 
California Los Angeles Center X Math Project.
  It is motherhood and her volunteer career with Friends of Atwater 
Elementary (FoAE), a parent support group for Atwater Elementary 
School, that are the most near and dear to Lori's heart. A longtime 
Atwater Village resident, for the last four years, Lori has served as 
president of FoAE, bringing her community-building skills to the 
organization. Under her stellar leadership, she organized and succeeded 
in the effort to bring the Spanish Dual Language Immersion Program to 
the school, an effort she considers her greatest accomplishment. In 
addition, FoAE raised funds for beautification and projects such as the 
Innovation Lab, the garden program, the installation of new murals, and 
a bilingual math program.
  During the coronavirus pandemic, Ms. Rosales organized volunteers to 
sort and pack books so all the school's children would receive books to 
read at home, sent 350 stuffed animal bears (Cubby the Bear is Atwater 
Elementary School's mascot) to the children for emotional support, and 
fundraised for school supplies for each child in the 2020-2021

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school year. Additionally, when the school became aware of a few 
families who experienced the loss of loved ones or employment loss due 
to the pandemic, they contacted Lori, who swiftly responded, gathering 
financial donations from neighbors in the community for those families, 
enabling neighbors to become directly involved in helping their 
neighbors.
  Lori is married to her college sweetheart from Colorado, Craig 
Rosales, and they have three children: Estes, Tyson, and Vinny.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring this 
exceptional, well-respected woman of California's 28th Congressional 
District, Lori Rosales.

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