Background
She is a Miami native and a graduate of Florida International University and of Our Lady of Lourdes Academy High School.
She has served as a regional director for former senator Connie Mack III as well as the Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Department of State for the Bush administration. In the run up to the 2004 elections, she served as Political Director for the successful Martinez for Senate campaign. Between 2005 and 2010, she served as Senior Policy Advisor to former Florida U.S. Senator Mel Martinez and as Chief of Staff to Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida.
She is the Dean for Development and External Affairs at Florida International University College of Law.
Read more about this topic: Nilda Pedrosa
Famous quotes containing the word background:
“In the true sense one’s native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home.”
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940)
“... every experience in life enriches one’s background and should teach valuable lessons.”
—Mary Barnett Gilson (1877–?)
“They were more than hostile. In the first place, I was a south Georgian and I was looked upon as a fiscal conservative, and the Atlanta newspapers quite erroneously, because they didn’t know anything about me or my background here in Plains, decided that I was also a racial conservative.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)