Rosa Rosales elected LULAC national president

Newly elected LULAC president Rosa Rosales and Jaime Martinez, the newly elected LULAC treasurer, pose for the camera.

San Antonio native Rosa Rosales is the new national president of the League of United Latin American Citizens. (LULAC)

Rosales who most recently served as the organizations's national vice president for the Southwest Region is only the second woman elected president of the 77-year-old organization. Rosales was overhwelmingly elected with over 70 percent of the vote at the LULAC National Convention in Milwaukee.

Press Release
Washington, DC – The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) elects its new LULAC National President Rosa Rosales with over 70% of the vote by the delegates at the LULAC National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

“I am elated at being elected the new President of LULAC and I am ready to work with all groups to take LULAC to the next level of activism. I want to thank LULAC and all the past Presidents for all the work they have done.

"I want to thank all of the volunteers because that is what LULAC is all about. What makes LULAC so special is because not only do the volunteers work for free but pay dues,” said Rosa Rosales, past Vice President of the Southwest and the newly elected LULAC National President.

Born April 7, 1944, in San Antonio, Texas, Ms. Rosales was among the first Mexican American women to become labor organizers in recent times. Active in LULAC, she was the first woman to hold the position of State Director of that organization. She received her B.A. in Liberal Arts from the University of Michigan. Rosa was recently on the National LULAC Board of Directors holding the position of National Vice President of the Southwest.

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the oldest and largest Latino civil rights organization in the United States. LULAC advances the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health, and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs operating at more than 700 LULAC councils nationwide.