Published July 12. 2024 11:42AM
By LOU WHEELAND
Special to The Press
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden joined Congresswoman Susan Wild, D-7th, on July 2 at Lehigh Carbon Community College’s Allentown campus.
The event was part of the Biden administration’s Congressional Hispanic Caucus on the Road to provide pathways to better education and good-paying jobs for the Hispanic community.
Jill Biden and Wild were joined by Congresswoman Nanette Barragán, D-44th, California; and Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairwoman, Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, D-7th, New York; and Congressional Hispanic Caucus member Dr. Ann Bieber, president of LCCC; Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk; and Lehigh County Executive Phillips Armstrong.
Wild, Barragán and Velázquez held a listening session with local members of the Hispanic community, following the speaking program by Biden.
The listening session included: Bieber, Victoria Montero, network director for the Community Workforce Development, Department of Community Health, St. Luke’s University Health Network; Emergency Room Nurse Heide Rosado from St. Luke’s University Health Network, and Tuerk.
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden was at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on the Road July 2 at Lehigh Carbon Community College’s Allentown campus. Biden was in town to support the local Hispanic community.
Congresswoman Susan Wild, D-7th, addressed attendees at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on the Road at Lehigh Carbon Community College, Allentown. Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairwoman Congresswoman Nanette Barragán, D-44th, California, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, D-7th, New York, listen.
Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk waves as he arrives at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on the Road at Lehigh Carbon Community College, Allentown.
Lehigh County Executive Phillips Armstrong arrives at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on the Road at Lehigh Carbon Community College, Allentown. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden was the keynote speaker.
