Local News in Brief : Santa Ana : Awards to Be Given to 5 Latino Women

The Santa Ana chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens has chosen five Orange County Latino women to receive its ninth annual Hispanic Women Recognition Awards.

The awards recognize women who are successful in their careers and in community service work, according to Santa Ana LULAC president Zeke Hernandez. “We want to spotlight these women because they are meeting their goals, and we want to encourage others to do likewise,” he said.

Twenty women were nominated for the award by the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, teachers’ associations, school districts and other community groups, Hernandez said.

The five who were chosen are: Anna Eloina Aguiar, owner of a Buena Park trucking company; Sister Armida Figueroa Deck, director of the Office of Hispanic Ministry for the Catholic Diocese of Orange County; Lilia Serio Powell, chairperson of the Volunteer Recruitment Committee for the American Red Cross, Orange County chapter; Teresa Salgado, a teacher at Santa Ana High School, and Gloria Matta Tuchman, an expert in bilingual education and school board vice president of the Tustin Unified School District.

The awards will be presented on Feb. 27 at a $35-a-plate dinner at the Red Lion Inn in Costa Mesa. Proceeds will go to the LULAC Hispanic Students Scholarship Fund, which helps college-bound Latino students from the Santa Ana-Garden Grove area. For more information, call Gloria Craig at 542-9348.