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WELL, THE FIRST LATINA ELECTED TO THE IOWA LEGISLATURE WAS SWORN IN TODAY. DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE ANGEL RAMIREZ REPRESENTS IOWA HOUSE DISTRICT 78. SHE SECURED 79% OF THE VOTE IN A SPECIAL ELECTION LAST MONTH TO WIN THE SEAT VACATED BY SAMMY SHEETS. ����vlog’S OLIVIA TYLER SHOWS US HOW THE NEW LAWMAKER IS MAKING HISTORY TODAY. HISTORY WAS MADE INSIDE THE IOWA HOUSE CHAMBERS. ANGEL RAMIREZ HAS BEEN SWORN IN AS THE STATE’S FIRST LATINA REPRESENTATIVE. BUT I’M NOT GOING TO BE THE LAST. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. RAMIREZ IS ONE OF THE STATE’S YOUNGEST REPRESENTATIVES AT 25 YEARS OLD. SHE’S A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE GRADUATE EARNING DEGREES IN SOCIAL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM COE COLLEGE IN CEDAR RAPIDS. SHE CHOSE TO MAKE THE CITY HER PERMANENT HOME AFTER GRADUATING. RAMIREZ CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A NONPROFIT SHE CO-FOUNDED FOCUSED ON PUBLIC SERVICE, AND IS A STAFF MEMBER AT MCKINLEY STEAM ACADEMY, METRO HIGH SCHOOL, AND KIDS FIRST LAW CENTER. AS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS, SHE SAYS SHE’S, QUOTE, HEARTBROKEN THAT SHE’S THE FIRST, BUT, QUOTE, HUMBLED THAT SHE WAS CHOSEN TO MAKE SPACE FOR OTHERS IN THE IOWA LEGISLATURE. I THINK THIS IS WHAT IOWA IS ABOUT, RIGHT? IT’S ABOUT BEING ABLE TO MAKE YOUR HOME HERE, MAKING IT AN ACCESSIBLE AND PROUD PLACE TO LIVE. AND I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING HELPING MAKE IOWA A SAFER, MORE ACCESSIBLE, MORE WELCOMING, AND INCLUSIVE PLACE FOR ALL SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN CAN STAY HERE AND OTHER PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A HOME HERE. RAMIREZ BROUGHT WHO SHE CALLS HER CHOSEN IOWA FAMILY TO WATCH HER BE SWORN IN, AND WORE A BLAZER EMBROIDERED WITH THE WORDS LUCHA LUCHA, MEANING MY FIGHT IS YOUR FIGHT, VOWING TO DO JUST THAT FOR HER COMMUNITY IN DES MOINES, OLIVI