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Romana Acosta Bañuelos (March 20, 1925 – January 15, 2018) [1] was the 34th Treasurer of the United States. Appointed by President Richard Nixon on September 20, 1971, [ 2 ] she served from December 17, 1971, to February 14, 1974.
Feb 5, 2018 · Ms. Acosta Bañuelos died on Jan. 15 in a senior care center in Redondo Beach, Calif. She was 92. Her daughter, Ramona Bañuelos, said the cause was complications of pneumonia.
Jan 22, 2018 · Romana Acosta Bañuelos, a Mexican immigrant who was deported as a chid yet climbed to the top of the business world and became the first Latina to serve as U.S. Treasurer, has died at 92.
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The story of Romana Acosta Bañuelos (born 1925) is a traditional American rags-to-riches adventure. Born into a poor family of Mexican Americans, she became the first Latina treasurer of the United States (1971–1974) and owner of a multimillion-dollar business, Ramona's Mexican Food Products, Inc.
It was that self-sufficient, entrepreneurial mentality Acosta Bañuelos learned as a young girl in rural Mexico that led President Nixon to appoint her as U.S. treasurer in 1971, the first Latina to hold that position and the highest ranking Mexican American appointee in the Nixon administration.
In 1963, Romana Acosta Bañuelos and her partners established the Pan American National Bank in East Los Angeles, California. She believed that if Hispanics could increase their financial base, they would have more political influence and be able to improve their standard of living.
Creator Christine Marín Publisher Raúl H. Castro Institute Description Daughter of an Arizona copper miner, Romana Acosta Bañuelos would go on to found Ramona's Mexican Food Products, Inc., the Pan-American National Bank, and later be appointed to serve as U.S. Treasurer by President Nixon.
Dec 8, 2020 · In 1970, seeking to repay the work of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly in his election, President Richard Nixon picked Romana Acosta Bañuelos to the post of U.S. Treasurer. Bañuelos was born in Miami, Arizona, in 1925 to Mexican immigrants.
Romana Acosta Banuelos Biography. Born in Miami, Arizona. She was born in the U.S. but deported to Mexico with her family. Married at age 16 with two children but abandoned by her husband. Married Alejandro Banuelos December 31, 1949. They had two sons and a daughter. Founder of Ramona's Mexican Food Products Inc. of Los Angeles in 1949.
Jun 21, 2022 · After a contentious confirmation hearing, during which her business was raided for undocumented immigrants in an attempt to spoil her chances, Bañuelos was confirmed as U.S. treasurer on Dec. 17...
