Patricia Campos-Medina, Ph.D., President of Latina Civic Action, joins Steve Adubato to highlight the importance of recruiting and supporting Latina women in our legislative body, and in government offices and why their representation matters in New Jersey. 

Steve Adubato asks Campos-Medina why it is difficult for Latinas to break into elected office. She responds, “We aim to create a network of women, supporting each other to erase this narrative or stigma that there are not enough interested Latinas out there to run for office. We don’t have an ambition gap, we have an opportunity gap to run and be selected for office.” She describes how New Jersey favors incumbents, and that the majority are white and male. “What we do at Latina Civic is to ring the alarm and say party leadership has the responsibility not just to say we want more women in office, but to recruit them to invest in them and to support them once they get elected.”