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Marisol Ibarra elected president of Latino Democratic Caucus
Toledo, May 2010: Marisol Ibarra was elected by the Lucas County Democratic Hispanic/Latino Caucus for a 2-year term as president. She succeeds Lourdes Santiago.
Ibarra, who was born in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, México, has a colorful past. At the age of 12, she moved with her family to Yuma, Arizona; after completing her secondary education, at the age of 18, she moved to California.
In 2001, Ibarra relocated to Ohio to attend Bowling Green State University, subsequently transferring to the University of Toledo. She took a break from college to raise her
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Marisol Ibarra
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daughter, Paulita Flores, but Ibarra intends on completing her degree. Paulita’s father, Josh Flores, is a teacher at Waite High School in Toledo; he is the advisor to Waite HS’s Spanish Club.
Ibarra, who is bilingual, was the Latino liaison of the Alliance of Construction Professionals (ACP), in an intensified program to recruit minorities into the trades. She was then promoted to director of Work Force Development at AGC.
She believes that immigration reform is necessary on a national level, especially in light of Arizona’s new law that goes into effect on July 29, barring stoppage by a federal court in pending civil rights litigation.
Ibarra informed La Prensa that she “looks forward to the new challenges, especially as they related to Latinos.”
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