In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, InsiderNJ presents – on this last day of the occasion – our Honorary Hispanic Heritage List:

Senator Bob Menendez

Rep. Albio Sires, CD8

Senator Nellie Pou, LD35

Senator Nilsa Cruz-Perez, LD5

Senator Teresa Ruiz, LD29

Assemblywoman Gabriela Mosquera, LD6

Assemblywoman Annette Chaparro, LD33

Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez, LD19

Assemblywoman Annette Quijano, LD20

Assemblyman Pedro Mejia, LD32

Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor-Marin, LD29

Assemblywoman Anjelica Jimenez, LD32

Wilda Diaz, the state’s lone Latina mayor in Perth Amboy

David Cruz, NJTV News Correspondent

Marlene Caride, DOBI Commissioner

Caridad Rodriguez, former Assemblywoman

Maria Rodriguez-Gregg, former NJ Assemblywoman

Jose Sosa, former NJ Assemblyman

Roberto Frugone, Eastern Regional Director of NALEO Educational Fund

Bergen County Freeholder Germaine M. Ortiz

Luis Quintana, Newark At-Large Councilman, former Newark Mayor

Gabe Rodriguez, West New York Commissioner

Margarita Guzman, WNY Commisioner

Patricia Campos Medina, President of LUPE PAC

Hector Lora, Passaic City mayor

Esther Suarez, Hudson County prosecutor

Felix Roque, West New York mayor

Ileana Schirmer, Hamilton Township Councilwoman and former LD14 GOP Senate candidate

Jose Arango, former GOP Chair of Chairs and Hudson County GOP Chairman

Camelia Valdez, Passaic County prosecutor

Sergio Granados, Union County Freeholder

Carmen Rodriguez, Camden County Freeholder

Frank Moran, Mayor of Camden

Luis Velez, Paterson Councilman

Oshin Castillo, Paterson BOE President

Aida Figueroa-Epifanio, NLC & LUPE PAC Board Member, Berlin BOE and Strategic Operations at Department of Education

Felisha Reyes-Morton, LUPE PAC Board Member and former Camden City BOE Vice-President

Tito Rivas, Hudson County Freeholder

Michael Soriano, Parsippany mayor

Maritza Davila, Paterson Council President and the lone Hispanic woman on the council

Flavio Rivera, Paterson Councilman

Carmelo Garcia, former Assemblyman and current Deputy Mayor in Newark

Ruben Ramos, Hoboken’s Council President

Arlene Quinonez Perez, Chairwoman Hunterdon County Democratic Committee & HBA

Cristina Pinzon, entrepeneur & political activist, member of LUPE PAC

Laura Matos, Kivvit principal

Juan Perez, Bayonne Councilman At-Large

Luis Velez, Paterson Councilman

Angel Estrada, Union County freeholder

Carlos Torres, Elizabeth Councilman

Rudy Garcia, former Assemblyman and head of lobbying firm MBI GluckShaw

Uli Diaz, VP of Government Affairs for Horizon

Marelyn Rivera, aide in the Governor’s Office

Nataly Tamayo Espinosa, Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development Legislative Affairs

Frank Cuesta, Elizabeth Councilman

Arianna Moure, Esq., member of Governor’s Commission to PR

Giovanna Castaneda, DREAMer & Activist at Make The Road NJ

Craig Garcia, Director of Worker Organizing at Make the Road NJ

Sara Mora, DREAMer and Youth Empower Council

Zulima Farber, former state Attorney General

Sonia Delgado, Princeton Public Affairs principal 

Jeanette Rios, former Municipal Vice-Chair Perth Amboy Municipal Committee & grassroots political operative, aide to Mayor Wilda Diaz

Carlos Rendo, Woodcliff Lake Mayor and 2017 candidate for Lieutenant Governor

Cristina Rodriguez, GOTV Operative and Youth Organizer Perth Amboy, Mayor Diaz Team

Laza Cardenas, LAN

Peggy Anastos

Joshua Rodriguez, Pastor from Jersey City, and PR Committee

Lizette Delgado-Polanco, Vice Chair, NJDSC & CEO of NJ School Development Authority

Ernesto Diaz Chair, Hispanic Research and Information Center

Carlos Medina, entrepeneur & Executive Producer of Images/Imagenes

Luis de la Hoz, Chair of the Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Ingrid Betancourt, Newark Public Library

Alyana Alfaro, Governor’s Office press aide and former statewide politics reporter

Wendy Martinez, political operative

Dr. Olga Jimenez, author

William Sanchez, Images/Imagenes

Brianna Earle, Governor’s Aide

Jose Lazano, CEO of Choose New Jersey

Andrea Martinez-Mejia, NJ Department of Health

Maria Del Cid, NJ Department of Health

Ed Correa, Dover Democratic Chairman

Xiomara Gavara, Morris County Chamber Executive Director

Alixon Collazos, BGill Group

Rosa Farias, Senate Majority Office

Victor Cirillo, West Orange Councilman & Newark Housing Authority ED

Julie Diaz, Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development Chief of Staff

Bernice Toledo, Passiac County Surrogate

Christian Estevez, LAN

Danny Rivera, Jersey City Councilman

Sara Pena, LUPE Fund President

Vincent Prieto, former Speaker and head of Sports and Expo Authority

Idida Rodriguez, 1868 principal and leading Latino operative

Carlos Sanchez, Business Administrator of Plainfield

Abraham Lopez, former Westhampton Councilman and member of former LG Kim Guadagno’s Adminstration

Miguel Diaz, respected veteran Paterson political operative

Emy Quispe, SEIU 32BJ

Carol Caudrado, Chief of Staff to Sen. Nellie Pou

Guillermo Artiles, Governor’s office counsel

Liza Acevedo, communications strategist for Speaker Coughlin

Diana Gonzalez, Deputy Secretary at State of New Jersey, Office of the Secretary of Higher Education

Analilia Mejia, head of Working Families NJ

Fernando Uribe, Host of Politically Direct

Anibal Ramos, Newark Councilman

Diego Maya, The Latino Spirit

Junior Maldonado, Hudson County Clerk

Julio Marenco, North Bergen Commissioner

Carlos Gonzalez, Newark At-Large Councilman

Kat Esquiche, first Peruvian-American elected official in the state (Prospect Park school board)

Omar Rodriguez, Latino political operative and former Saddle Brook Councilman

Ritzy Morales-Diaz, Rep. Pascrell’s district director

Norberto Curotomai, transportation magnate and political operative/fundraiser 

Alex Mendez, former Paterson Councilman

Francisco Maldonado, Deputy ED for the Assembly Majority Office

Marcela Maziarz, Deputy Commissioner of Health

In Memory: Zaida Polanco, Passaic Councilwoman