Full Text of HR0878 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Monserrate Diaz on the | 4 | | occasion of her 80th birthday on June 22, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz was born to Adelina Roman and | 6 | | Alejandro Diaz in Esperanza, Arecibo, Puerto Rico on June 22, | 7 | | 1942; growing up, she was noted for being highly intelligent, | 8 | | quiet, responsible, humble, cooperative, and a hard worker; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz attended Escuela Diego Bravo | 11 | | until seventh grade; alongside her family, she moved to | 12 | | Chicago and attended Cooper School until 1958; she entered Our | 13 | | Lady of Bethlehem Convent under the Order of St. Joseph in | 14 | | August 1958; she attended Nazareth Academy during her high | 15 | | school years; she received her Bachelor of Arts in Liberal | 16 | | Arts from Rosary College; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz taught third grade at St. | 18 | | Bonaventure Catholic School; she decided to leave the Order of | 19 | | St. Joseph in 1967, returning home; she then decided to go to | 20 | | Puerto Rico, where she worked at Centro Medico for two and a | 21 | | half years; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz returned to Chicago in 1969; she | 2 | | earned her Master of Arts in Social Work from the University of | 3 | | Chicago; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz worked for United Charities for | 5 | | one year before serving as a social worker at Tulley High | 6 | | School; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz was recruited to work with | 8 | | Senator Charles Percy in Washington, D.C., where she served as | 9 | | the social worker community liaison for two years; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz went to work at the Department of | 11 | | Justice Juvenile Justice Division, and she was responsible for | 12 | | reviewing grants for the department; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz then worked as a special agent | 14 | | with the Department of Immigration and Naturalization; in | 15 | | addition to her service in the United States, she worked in | 16 | | Rome, Italy, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto | 17 | | Rico, the Caribbean, and Cuba; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz married Charles Ramon Rivera on | 19 | | June 11, 1983, and they lived in Arlington, Virginia; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz worked for the federal government |
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| 1 | | for 30 years; upon her retirement, she moved with her family to | 2 | | Orlando, Florida; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Monserrate Diaz has always been a very caring, | 4 | | compassionate, and giving woman, and she is known for always | 5 | | helping her family and strangers in need; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 7 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we congratulate Monserrate Diaz on celebrating her 80th | 9 | | birthday, and we wish her many more happy and healthy years; | 10 | | and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to Monserrate Diaz as an expression of our esteem | 13 | | and respect.
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