Comments on: Aim High: Extraordinary Stories of Hispanic and Latina Women http://theaustintimes.com/2010/01/aim-high-extraordinary-stories-of-hispanic-and-latina-women/ A Multicultural News Source Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:17:04 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Delcie Glidden http://theaustintimes.com/2010/01/aim-high-extraordinary-stories-of-hispanic-and-latina-women/comment-page-1/#comment-5105 Delcie Glidden Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:25:33 +0000 http://theaustintimes.com/?p=315#comment-5105 You see, in life, loads of people realize what to complete, but very few people truly do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You have got to take action You see, in life, loads of people realize what to complete, but very few people truly do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You have got to take action

]]> By: Jesse Torres http://theaustintimes.com/2010/01/aim-high-extraordinary-stories-of-hispanic-and-latina-women/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Jesse Torres Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:21:39 +0000 http://theaustintimes.com/?p=315#comment-17 I commend Laura Contreras-Rowe for producing this book. It is important to ensure that our kids have the appropriate role models. One Latina that she unfortunately failed to include is one that was sitting in East L.A.'s backyard. Romana Acosta Banuelos was born in Miami, Arizona in 1925. She and her immigrant family were "invited" to return to Mexico in 1933 during the Great Depression. Romana returned to the U.S. in the 1940s and started Ramona's Mexican Food Products in Los Angeles. Laterin in 1964, she founded Pan American Bank in East Los Angeles for the purpose of serving the underserved Lationo community. In 1971 she wasa appointed the first Latino Treasurer of the United States under President Nixon. Her bank just celebrated 45 years in East Los Angeles. The Bank is California's oldest Latino-owned bank and the second oldest in the United States. It remains the only bank headquartered in East Los Angeles. Jesse Torres President and CEO Pan American Bank East Los, CA 90063 I commend Laura Contreras-Rowe for producing this book. It is important to ensure that our kids have the appropriate role models.

One Latina that she unfortunately failed to include is one that was sitting in East L.A.’s backyard. Romana Acosta Banuelos was born in Miami, Arizona in 1925. She and her immigrant family were “invited” to return to Mexico in 1933 during the Great Depression.

Romana returned to the U.S. in the 1940s and started Ramona’s Mexican Food Products in Los Angeles. Laterin in 1964, she founded Pan American Bank in East Los Angeles for the purpose of serving the underserved Lationo community. In 1971 she wasa appointed the first Latino Treasurer of the United States under President Nixon.

Her bank just celebrated 45 years in East Los Angeles. The Bank is California’s oldest Latino-owned bank and the second oldest in the United States. It remains the only bank headquartered in East Los Angeles.

Jesse Torres
President and CEO
Pan American Bank
East Los, CA 90063

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