Fresno County League of Mexican American Women appoints new president

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Liz Molina has been portion of the Fresno County League of Mexican American Women for six years.

She says it's an grant to assistance marque a quality successful the lives of galore women and is humbled to instrumentality connected the relation of President.

"The information that this enactment has been present since the 70s, 50 years erstwhile I deliberation astir 50 years, that is simply a agelong time. Those had to person been immoderate gutsy women," Molina said.

Since 1973, the Fresno County League of Mexican American Women has inspired alteration for women done donations and events.

The enactment awarded implicit $50,000 conscionable past twelvemonth and, successful total, has awarded implicit $650,000 successful scholarships.

"That is large woody for america due to the fact that we are a wholly volunteer-driven organization, and it's important for america to support giving back," Molina said.

Molina joined the enactment six years agone and was portion of the Scholarship Committee.

She says speechmaking almighty and impactful stories connected applications ever hits location for her.

"I tin spot myself successful the students, truthful being capable to beryllium enactment successful a presumption wherever I tin springiness backmost to the younger mentation of who I was, I can't adjacent statesman to explicate the joyousness it gives me," Molina said.

She says, often, a assistance is the lone crushed immoderate women tin prosecute their acquisition goals.

"Whatever hardships come, possibly a kid mislaid their parent, moved astir a lot, oregon possibly it was hard to find housing," Molina said. "There are conscionable a batch of obstacles that students face. And you spot it successful their letters. So it feels bully to springiness back; it truly does."

This year, she is taking connected the relation of President.

A rubric she is looking guardant to, and she says she is excited to assistance much women scope their goals this year.

"I consciousness privileged to beryllium successful this position, and I americium gladsome the rank nominated me,"

Students funny successful applying for scholarships this twelvemonth person until adjacent Friday, March 1, to taxable applications.

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