Westminster Town Hall Forum: Maria Teresa Kumar of Voto Latino
María Teresa Kumar is the founding president of Voto Latino, a grassroots organization committed to engaging, educating, and empowering a new generation of Latinx voters and to creating a robust, inclusive, and accountable democracy and government.
By leveraging youth, technology, social platforms, and influencers, Voto Latino reaches 6.5 million people monthly, and it has set a goal to register 500,000-plus voters before the 2020 election.
She is vice chair of the board of EMILY’s List, a resource for women running for elective office, and she serves on the board of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers. She is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She received a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of CA, Davis, and a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
Rev. Tim Hart Andersen interviewed Maria Teresa Kumar— remotely— from the Westminster Presbyterian Church in downtown Minneapolis for this October 6th broadcast on MPR News.
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