[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 7 (Friday, January 12, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H112]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF OFELIA VALDEZ-YEAGER

  (Mr. TAKANO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TAKANO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to remember the life of 
Ofelia Valdez-Yeager--a trailblazer for the Latino community in the 
Inland Empire.
  She was a champion for all students, both in the classroom as a 
teacher and in her capacity as the first Latina to serve on the 
Riverside Unified School Board of Trustees.
  As a founding member of LaNet, commonly referred to as the ``Latino 
network,'' she helped give a voice to the growing Latino population in 
Riverside.
  Ofelia enriched our community and helped mobilize efforts that 
created the Cesar Chavez memorial and established The Cheech Marin 
Center for Chicano Art and Culture to downtown Riverside. I will miss 
her unwavering spirit and fierce advocacy dearly. My thoughts and 
prayers are with her family as they mourn the loss of a mother, wife, 
and grandmother.

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