Jovita Fontanez

A 1984 graduate of UMass Boston, Jovita Fontanez was the first Hispanic woman to serve as head of the Boston Election Commission and the first Hispanic woman to be a member of the Electoral College of Massachusetts.

More on Fontanez:

* [http://www.umb.edu/alumni/magazine/1999/spring1999/about_alumni/jovita_fontaez.html Three Decades of Public Service and Counting]

* [http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/articles/2004/08/01/state_party146s_own_145comeback_kid146?mode=PF State Party's Own 'Comeback Kid']

* [http://www.avagara.com/e_c/reference/00013001.htm Massachusetts Electoral College 1996]