In 1992, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard became the first Mexican-American woman elected to Congress.  She has distinguished herself throughout her 30-year congressional career as a dedicated advocate for the dignity and well-being of all Americans.  The congresswoman is the first Latina to serve on the Appropriations Committee in the House of Representatives as well as the first Latina to serve as one of the 12 “Cardinals,” or Chairs, of a House Appropriations Subcommittee. She is the first woman to chair the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the first woman to chair the California Democratic congressional delegation.  She is a founding co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Maternity Care, founder of the Women’s Working Group on Immigration Reform and a co-founder of the Congressional Public Health Caucus.