A social justice advocate and communications specialist, Andrea Cano has served the people in this state as the director of the Oregon Farm Worker Ministry, administrator of a national media project to bring low power-FM radio stations to local communities, and as a consultant to multicultural, ecumenical, and interfaith organizations. Her international work has taken her to 30 countries including many in Latin America and the Spanish –speaking Caribbean. Originally from California, she lived in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, and Quito, Ecuador, before settling in Oregon in 1999.

The son of a Scandinavian father and a Mexican mother, John Haroldson was raised both in the Pacific Northwest and in Monterrey, Mexico, where he developed a rich bilingual and bicultural perspective.　 He holds the honor of serving as Oregon's first Mexican-American District Attorney in Benton County, Oregon.
　
Mr. Haroldson has demonstrated a long-term commitment towards ensuring equal opportunity access for underrepresented individuals.　 He serves on the Advisory Board for the César Chávez Cultural Center at Oregon State University and as a Presenter for the Oregon State University CAMP and 4H Programs, where he works with monolingual Spanish speaking students and resides in Corvallis with his wife Maria.
　
He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy from Central Washington University and a Doctorate in Jurisprudence from the University of Oregon. He is a member of the Oregon and Washington State Bar Associations.

Lupita Maurer was born in Mexico City. She became a U.S. citizen in 1995. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Computer Science degree from Cal State East Bay. Lupita has worked in the high tech field for 17 years. She served as the Chair of a political party in Washington County from 2004 to 2008, and now represents Oregon at the national level. Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian appointed her member of the Oregon Council for Civil Rights from 2009-2011. She was recently appointed to the Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs by

Governor Kitzhaber. Lupita enjoys talking to middle school girls to encourage them to study math and science. Lupita has two children, one in college and one in middle school, and lives in Aloha, OR.

An educator, Carlos Perez retired from the Hillsboro School District in 2009 after 10 years as Deputy Superintendent and 31 years overall in the district. Prior to Hillsboro Carlos taught in Idaho for several years. Currently, Carlos is an education consultant focusing on the areas of educational equity and school climate.

 

Carlos Perez also has a history of leadership in social justice issues and Latino Leadership. Carlos is a founding member and current president of the Oregon Association of Latino Administrators (OALA,) a founding member and former chair of the Human Rights Council of Washington County and former chair of the Latino Leadership Network of Washington County. Carlos is also a dialogue facilitator with the Uniting to Understand Racism Foundation of Portland.

 

Carlos currently resides in unincorporated Washington County in the Beaverton area with his wife Corine. Carlos has two grown children, Joel who works and resides in Portland and Carly who is serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic.

Chris was appointed to the Oregon House of Representatives in June of 2008, filling the seat left by the now-Senator Suzanne Bonamici. He looks forward to representing House District 34 and using his experience in health care and as a small business owner to find solutions to the tough challenges ahead. [read full bio]