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Mayra Dominguez migrated from El Salvador with her family at the age of seven in 1967. She was raised in NYC and graduated with an A.A.S from La Guardia Community College. She has worked for the past 30 years in a Textile company in NYC as a bookkeeper. With the desire to find a place to raise her children, Mayra and her husband Victor moved to West New York in 1989. For the past 23 years, she has made this town her home and raised 2 Children; Adrienne a Princeton University graduate who is currently enrolled in graduate study at Brown University and Sebastian who is currently attending Hudson County Community College.

For the past nine years, she has volunteered and led two cultural organizations in the area. Through her service at the Asociacion Cultural Salvadoreñ Cuzcatlan, she has coordinated events that raise funds for causes that she believes in such as Education and relief for victims of natural disasters. At Cuzcatlan she also organizes college tours, assists youth through the college admissions process and grants an annual scholarship. Their cultural events such as the Festival of the Pupusa of NJ and Miss El Salvador of New Jersey support the creation of libraries and the development of reading in rural areas of El Salvador through ConTextos.

In 2008, Mayra became a member of The Hispanic State Parade and has served as President for the past 3 years. As she culminates her term as President, she feels proud of the legacy she leaves behind, dedicating the parade to issues that are important to our community such as Global Warming, Women Leadership,  the Dream Act, Welcoming our Veterans that are returning home, and this year recognizing the contributions made by our Educators as they prepare the next generation of leaders. She is also very proud to have made contributions to St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital and Breast Cancer Research as well as founding a scholarship for art students in honor of the late Romero.

As a result of her community involvement, Mayra feels the need and desire to participate civically to ensure that the voice of our community is heard and answered at all levels of Government. We need to strengthen the social and community spirit and have moral and political integrity to make these communities a better place to live.