Press Release Author = Hispanic National Bar Foundation
Industry = Law
Press Release Summary = The Hispanic National Bar Foundation has recently hired a new executive director to build the foundation and increase opportunities for the Hispanic community.
Press Release Body = WASHINGTON, DC. September 2006 -- The Hispanic National Bar Foundation, Inc. (HNBF) has hired its first full-time Executive Director, Magda Maria Herrera, Esq. The HNBF is a not-for-profit tax-exempt educational foundation whose charitable and educational efforts include fostering understanding of the American legal system and working toward a national legal community that reflects the population it serves.
"Ms. Herrera will be responsible for ensuring the growth of our foundation and the continued success of our programs," says Luis Aguillar, President of the HNBF. "We are confident that along with a dedicated board of directors, our new Executive Director will increase our visibility, expand our impact on the community, and advance our mission of providing educational opportunities for Hispanics."
Born in Houston, Texas to a Mexican-American mother and a Costa Rican immigrant father, Ms. Herrera is familiar with the struggles many Hispanics face in obtaining a legal education. "I am the first person in my family to attend law school, so there was no one in my family to guide me along the way," says Ms. Herrera. "That's why organizations like the HNBF are crucial. They provide the community with opportunities to learn from those who have paved the way and are now giving back."
Ms. Herrera is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas, where she focused on civil rights and employment law. As a law student, she clerked at the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund in San Antonio, Texas, Farmworker Legal Services in Bangor, Michigan, The Equal Justice Center in Austin, Texas and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Houston, Texas. She was the recipient of numerous scholarships and awards, including the Baron and Budd Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Public Interest Law.
As the Esther Peterson Fellow at Consumers Union, Ms. Herrera gained experience in effecting policy change, with an emphasis on telecommunications and minority media. Ms. Herrera was a communications rights delegate to the World Social Forum. She also assisted Dr. Clara Rodriguez teach a class on Latinos and Media at Fordham University in New York City. She has been on numerous panels regarding Latinos and telecommunications policy and co-authored a law review article, "The Failure of Competition Under the 1996 Telecommunications Act," which appeared in the Federal Communications Law Journal.
Ms. Herrera's primary responsibilities as the Executive Director of the HNBF will be program development, fundraising, and building awareness of the foundation's role within the Hispanic community and the legal community as a whole.
The Hispanic National Bar Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting full and equal opportunity in the legal profession and legal education, fostering understanding of the American legal system, educating the public about matters of justice and equal opportunity in the study and practice of law, supporting the integration of Hispanics in all aspects of the study, practice, adjudication and instruction of law and the administration of justice, and increasing opportunities for Hispanics in the legal profession.
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Contact Details = Magda M. Herrera, Esq. Executive Director
Hispanic National Bar Foundation 1900 K St. NW Suite 100 Washington, DC 20006
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