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“I commend the successful work that CHSA has done over the past year to Pag
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support and develop talented Latino staff in congressional offices. As a return-

ing Board member, Melody would be a strong and skilled leader moving
forward the group’s initiatives to support Latino staff.”
Luis Fortuno, Congresional Hispanic Conference
“CHSA’s diversity initiative is the right plan at the right time. I am so proud of
the work Melody did to make that initiative a reality, and I look forward to
seeing her execute the strategy as CHSA’s president. I know that her dogged
drive and determination that I see everyday will be an incredible asset for
CHSA.”
Xavier Becerra, Assistant to the Speaker of the House
As vice president, Melody wrote CHSA’s ambitious
“Bringing America to the Hill Diversity Initiative,”
which aims to increase the numbers of employed
minorities here on the Capitol Hill campus.
We need Melody serving as president to ensure
that the new executive board can and will take the
next necessary steps forward on this critically im-
portant project.

MELODY GONZALES
for PRESIDENT
Congressional Hispanic Staff Association
Paving the Path to Progress for Latinos on Capitol Hill
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