Her role in the campaign:
"I vigorously relay print and TV election coverage to several departments on the campaign. I applied to be an intern my senior year of college. Upon graduation, I was beyond blessed to have been offered my current position on the campaign."
Her story:
"I'm first-generation American. My dad is Dominican. My mom is Peruvian, from Lima — accidentally; my grandma went on a trip and just happened to go into labor. My family is originally from Trujillo. My mom and grandma, aunts and uncles, and everyone from my mom's side lives in New Jersey. My dad still lives in the Dominican Republic, and I have a little brother who lives over there, too."
How she stays connected to her roots on long campaign days:
"Food. Almost every day I pack food from home. My lunches range from lomo saltado to pollo a la brasa to arroz y habichuelas con chuleta frita and tostones. When I heat up my food and that sweet aroma of rice and beans circulates through my department, I know that my meal is uniquely distinct from anyone else's plate. My lunches take me back to the coasts of Huanchaco, Peru — while sipping on pisco sours — and to the rural countryside of the Dominican Republic, where my father's family gathers to eat chivo almost every Sunday."
