Betty Cardenas

Betty Cardenas is an American political activist. She served as the National Chairwoman of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly (RNHA) during the Trump Administration.[1][2][3]

Education

Cardenas graduated from UNIVA (Universidad del Valle de Atemajac) with a Bachelor of Arts, earning a degree in Political Science & Government and a minor in Computer Science.[4]

Career

Cardenas started her career by teaching English and one of her students was Aleida Núñez, who later became a soap opera actress. In September 2018, during the RNHA Convention, Cardenas was elected National Chairwoman by unanimous vote. She had previously served as the RNHA's National Finance Chair.[5][6] In 2019, she met President Trump's campaign manager, Brad Parscale, and Senior adviser, John Pence, to discuss a new outreach strategy for Hispanics, different from the Republican National Committee (RNC).[3] She joined the board of Donald J. Trump's "Latinos for Trump" re-election campaign and served as an active advisor.[1] She has also served on the board of some notable and historic political parties and is a National Partner of the American Latino Museum.[7]

Cardenas also played a role in the Mayra Flores Special election, which ran with a strong message of embracing your Latino values. Mayra often credits Cardenas for taking her under the wing.[8] She is an active advocate for the second amendment and is one of the few Latinas who openly supported former U.S President, Donald J. Trump, from the beginning.[1][3]

Achievements

Cardenas tops the list of Hispanics most personally invited by the President of the United States to the White House.[4] She was among last year’s Tribute to Women by the Texas Federation of Republican Women.[4]

References
  1. Abed, Lila. ""Biden is the root cause of migration," says RNHA President". www.lapoliticaonline.com. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  2. EFE (2018-09-09). "Representante de P.Rico ante Congreso EEUU pide acabar con estatus colonial". Hoy LA (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  3. "RNHA | Republican National Hispanic Assembly and Trump 2020 rnha.org". 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  4. Rebels, Latino (2019-10-24). "There's a 2020 Official Latinos for Trump Group for the President's Campaign: Here Are All Their Bios". Latino Rebels. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  5. O'Brien, Cortney (2021-07-10). "Conservative Latinos push back on MSNBC claim they're in 'crisis': 'No, we are waking up'". Fox News. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  6. "The Deep Origins of Latino Support for Trump". The New Yorker. 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  7. Crocker, Charlie (2021-05-21). "Sec. Bunch Letter | Site Consideration for the National Museum of the American Latino -". American Latino Museum. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  8. Jiménez, Clavel Rangel (2022-08-26). "La ofensiva latina del Partido Republicano". El Tiempo Latino (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-20.
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