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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Monserrate Diaz on the
4occasion of her 80th birthday on June 22, 2022; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz was born to Adelina Roman and
6Alejandro Diaz in Esperanza, Arecibo, Puerto Rico on June 22,
71942; growing up, she was noted for being highly intelligent,
8quiet, responsible, humble, cooperative, and a hard worker;
9and
 
10    WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz attended Escuela Diego Bravo
11until seventh grade; alongside her family, she moved to
12Chicago and attended Cooper School until 1958; she entered Our
13Lady of Bethlehem Convent under the Order of St. Joseph in
14August 1958; she attended Nazareth Academy during her high
15school years; she received her Bachelor of Arts in Liberal
16Arts from Rosary College; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz taught third grade at St.
18Bonaventure Catholic School; she decided to leave the Order of
19St. Joseph in 1967, returning home; she then decided to go to
20Puerto Rico, where she worked at Centro Medico for two and a
21half years; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz returned to Chicago in 1969; she
2earned her Master of Arts in Social Work from the University of
3Chicago; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz worked for United Charities for
5one year before serving as a social worker at Tulley High
6School; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz was recruited to work with
8Senator Charles Percy in Washington, D.C., where she served as
9the social worker community liaison for two years; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz went to work at the Department of
11Justice Juvenile Justice Division, and she was responsible for
12reviewing grants for the department; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz then worked as a special agent
14with the Department of Immigration and Naturalization; in
15addition to her service in the United States, she worked in
16Rome, Italy, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto
17Rico, the Caribbean, and Cuba; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz married Charles Ramon Rivera on
19June 11, 1983, and they lived in Arlington, Virginia; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz worked for the federal government

 

 

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1for 30 years; upon her retirement, she moved with her family to
2Orlando, Florida; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz has always been a very caring,
4compassionate, and giving woman, and she is known for always
5helping her family and strangers in need; therefore, be it
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
7HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
8we congratulate Monserrate Diaz on celebrating her 80th
9birthday, and we wish her many more happy and healthy years;
10and be it further
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12presented to Monserrate Diaz as an expression of our esteem
13and respect.